What scared in the article is the mentions of personal financial risks, LLCs not really protecting your personal assets, the amount of investors filing bankruptcy , social threats, scams, etc.Is this article over blowing these facts, trying to sell REIT ?

I'm reading up on books and articles on how to do this but sometimes it's easier to join social groups or talk to people close to me that have done it before.Right now my goal is to get pre-approved for a loan and to learn from others.

You can find it on Facebook "Birmingham Investor Social".

.: I'm not aware of any requirement for this.I do provide an application because it has a lot of information necessary for tracking the individual: social security number, driver license number, previous addresses, etc.When you take over an existing renter, I recommend you figure out how to get the entire file from the former manager/landlord.

My sentiments exactly you're on the moneyI feel bad for individual who don't surf social media about companies like this that prey on individual who believe this get rich scam.thanks for your insight.signSign. at your own risk....... . 

Are there any social media pages they are associated with? 

@Taylor G.To find investor-friendly agents for house hacking, use BiggerPockets Forums, local meetups, REIA groups, and social media.

So, real estate agents may do it part-time, but rarely do they do it 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.

We are not white knights we are in business to make money on RE  not a charity or social workers.. so we do want to keep this in perspective you did what you needed to do so you could make a profit bottom line.

Louis, Cleveland) where I could probably take something down in the 125-150k range by myself (assuming 20-25% down), but I always circle back to trying to start locally.