Any success in the real estate market within Monmouth county NJ?

well I'm certainly happy to hear of the early successes of those who chimed in.  

They think there's just some magic pixie dust out there that makes you successful.

They like to see that you can manage credit responsibly and the more accounts you have had success with the higher the score. 

Ironically, platforms designed for real estate (Zillow, Apartments.com, Rentler, etc.) produce very few tenants for me, compared to FB Marketplace (and I also find a lot of their functionality to be user un-friendly, from the landlord side). ...you'd think that platforms custom-made for real estate would make the process a snap for landlords, but it takes me a lot longer to post and manage rental listings on Zillow or Rentler than it did on Craigslist.

It was a nightmare to keep track of everything.Baselane has simplified my rent collection process significantly.

Though, this process will be the same for the other state (if you created a CA LLC you may need to register it as a foreign LLC in the state in which you are doing business/holding property).

If the concern is max cash out, you can cross collateralize the properties to cut down on costly processing fees.  

Just because some of us do it successfully doesn't mean his advice is wrong. 

Last thing I want is any additional government friction in any processes, much less investing.