Partition your investments from what you would do on your own home or what you prefer.

Companies that hire in-house bookkeepers are victims of fraud more times than you can count.

List my home for an isurance company who has a relocation service department 

I've been reading books and listening to various BP podcasts nonstop for the past couple months, but I'd love to hear thoughts about the right strategy for turning our war chest into a sound real estate portfolio (preferably before I'm too old to enjoy the fruits of our labor!).

Trying to get into the nuts and bolts of how he was trying to source a location, project size of preference, what type of financial modeling he does, what kind of tenants he was hoping to attract/the strategy behind it, if he was doing any joint ventures or had done any in the past, if he had taken part in any syndications, what management strategies he was implementing with his current properties to maximize lease uptime and profit, what types of leases he generally favored contracting for his properties--all of that was like pulling teeth.

I doubt we will buy off the MLS but I am trying to find a good way to visualize MLS data so that I can plan our next purchase and get a "steal" that I will have instant equity or rehab for equity with the goal of getting a decent HELOC going.Because real estate values are so location based, it is hard for me to process the data on a spreadsheet, because I'm constantly trying to project it onto a map in mind.To know if what I'm looking at is a deal, I would like to be able to see $/sq.ft. data visualized on a map with either current listings or preferably sold properties. 

So, the sooner you evict the better.If you are worried about embarrassing holiday events, hire a Property Management Company and let them be the bad guys.

The macroeconomics look so good for this market - population is growing, job growth is growing, and so many companies moving and developing here.

@Ankit Maheshwarii don't have experience with these companies, but what anyone says or does or promises or emails is irrelevant. 

Insurance was a huge challenge, but BiBerk (a Berkshire Hathaway company) was willing to write a policy for us.