Our home LLC in ND but it only costs about $100 and a foreign LLC is all our CPA recommended we do.  

But wanted to say that I highly recommend checking out REIA for Oh and/or Cincinnati and Dayton.

BiggerPockets also has a calculator to analyze deals, and I highly recommend you start this as soon as possible, even if you are not ready to buy.

Hey Sam,Congratulations, hopefully you can work something out.My recommendation would be working with a lender that is comfortable with seller financing and keep your cash to close at a minimum.

My last offering was has been a real challenge and Matt has stuck with it for over a year.Never swaying from his commitment to me and my success.You need to be willing to take his advice and work hard but his stuff works.I would whole heartedly recommend him to anyone who is serious about raising private money.

You'll learn a lot here.I recommend focusing on 1 strategy/business model and going all in on that one until you've mastered it and it's stable.

@Scott Isbister @Tony CanevaroLike Scott I do recommend the collaborate real estate meetups as well.

Recommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

First, I recommend you understand the market.

Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?