The places we have looked at that would cash flow are just plain weird.

Sounds like a power trip and just plain rude to me.

- The rental property series would be plain LLCs that would roll up into the parent LLC.- I think the parent and each cell would need separate accounting (bank acct, money tracking, etc).

This one is plain and simple - do not write that check without assurances that the property is in fact under contract.

And, I'm glad that a few just plain old real estate nerds with seemingly no agenda other than love for sharing success greeted me. 

  #2 see if the county tax assessor or appraisal district has any classes, seminars, or just plain ole printed resource guides....ask both...ask whoever you meet there who the experts are....also don't be afraid to go to the offices more than once and ask more than one person. 

I am just plain old tired..tiredI been listen to these guys for 2 weeks now Every week somebody selling something to change Real Estate has we know it Newbies / Wholesaler / Dummy 101 investingDummy 101 investing: myselfI really like Dean Graz , but for their Academy it is about $5000 (650 down payment at 18%)Enough venting ….What the difference between Iflip versus Virtual Wholesaling ( Cameron vs Cris Chico )Which one is more legit Anyone of these people to stay far away from : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Dean EngleMichael KimbleTim TaylorJason GilbertMike CollinsJohn Lane Susan Lassiter-LyonsDC FawcettJosh Brown & Lou CastilloJack Bosch

Agents...well, agent by and large suck when it comes to running good, realistic comps that can match the sale and rental comps I can produce using free tools like my county real estate website, lovely Zillow again, Craigslist, and most importantly, my in-depth knowledge of my target area.I've met two agents in real life who can make the rain come (one of them is @Anthony Angotti) and only a handful more very obviously competent people in far-off markets here on Bigger Pockets (@Frank Wong @Mike Cumbie @Russell Brazil and maybe a couple more) The rest are, to put it plainly, a waste of skin to me and not much else for the rest of the world.I used to have an acquaintance who was a beginner agent and I felt like booting him one in the butt every time we talked.

I know the fly out mentor routine.. but again what is some guy who really does not know your market going to do for you.you would be far better off with a good agent .. especially if its flipping houses you want to do.for buy and hold that's just plain vanilla real estate the numbers are the numbers end of discussion.What market are you in ???

It's ludicrous.This right here is plainly obvious to me, and i'm a total noob here.