However, I'm looking to change that, and part of that is starting to become an active member on these here forums.Right now I work as a web designer and developer, but I'm branching out into some blogging and thinking about some freelance graphic design.I have a couple goals when it comes to real estate: I want to diversify from a completely stock market based investment strategy.

Looking to invest in Phx area to start, then branch out to Toledo and Columbus (not sure which areas exactly). 

Cary,There is a property management branch at my office in Dallas.

Start by assessing your goals and situation and then branch out from there.  

Hi everyone,I am a novice investor with one mixed-use multi-family building and have the opportunity to branch into an off-market mobile home park. 

We branched out of California over a decade ago looking for safety from California's crazy up and down swings and also higher yield - and I found, like you, that some places/states seemed to have much much higher cap rates (higher cash flow) than others.A decade later apartments have become really hot investments (ie everybody wants one) and prices are at historic highs everywhere.

Even if you hire a PM you have to constantly coordinate all of this, and next thing you know, every month you are hearing about doing this repair or not, tree branches, sewer system, and evicting tenants.

Looking to branch out even more into the investment world, especially since I have so much data at my disposal.

Many of them branch into off-topic flame wars that you have to weed through and five pages later you finally find that someone answered the original topic profoundly.So thanks again Josh for running a tight ship here at BiggerPockets and I think creating a new standard and model for which all professional forums should look to to create a fantastic user experience.

I would like to branch out into other industries in the future.Which leads me to regretting my first property already.