the ones that look good in Ohio or Alabama or whatever come with their own challenges. 

One small step forward each day!

One of the biggest challenges today is the reluctance of homeowners to sell, which limits the available inventory.

It depends on your financial strength, the quality of the property, how many properties you own, etc.I like to start with one significant expense and three months of vacancy.

I have a big dream to visit there one day; she has since moved back. :) Wishing you the best in your business. 

I find that it's almost a one stop shop in that I can use it for my business checking and savings accounts, bookkeeping, for rent collection, I can issue virtual credit card, I can create all the financial reports I need to run my real estate business and prepare for tax filing and through their partners I can vet my tenants, develop state-specific leases and more.

The phone number for the 'agent' emailing me is the same as the one for the main business.

I didn't see a need for a holding company but if someone wants one, you can just use another LLC as the holding company.

That's a great way to get introduced to a lot of agents and the new ones all in one place.

One group wants housing prices to increase, the other wants them to decrease.