But real estate has a rapidly ascending escalator for those who put in the ground work at the beginning. 

I'm just starting to lay the groundwork for my real estate investing career.

An experienced attorney can also remove your name from public record for that property, creating anonymity, and lay the groundwork for future estate planning - the Land Trust is an inter vevos trust.

Groundwork Jacksonville is connecting expertise, resources and passion to bring this potential to life."

I would imagine this is the primary reason you are being encouraged to use it.An experienced attorney can streamline the Land Trust to assist with anonymity, keep your financing options open and lay the groundwork so that estate planning in the future will be a smooth process.

I have a cousin in California who wants me to do all the ground work, finding, rehabbing and managing rental properties for them here in Indiana.

Even then, it was a chore to move things along at times, but his connections in the area got me the deal to start with.I'd definitely recommend finding a way to work with someone local unless you plan on doing all the groundwork yourself and just need them to handle the paperwork.

Sellers appear when they see you on the ground working in their community.  

To utilize any lawyer most efficiently, you need to do your groundwork and educate yourself on the law of the jurisdiction where you invest. 

This includes asking experienced investors too many questions to the point they ignore you when you could be doing a little of ground work to find the answers yourself.