Due to personal faith based reason, I prefer to only invest in all cash deals that don't involve traditional financing (so typical passive RE options like syndications, RE funds with fixed returns, REITs etc are not a viable option for me). 

I would say Ohio in Middletown or Akron and would more than likely spread that $1M over 2-3 properties. 

I feel like just about every month, I see RE investors with 1-2 year's experience starting a new fund and advertising on Facebook for LP's, as well as the daily "JV deals" that straight-up violate securities laws.

Meeting these requirements could allow you to offset W-2 income with deductions like bonus depreciation and cost segregation.

I recommend that you learn the tax code and take ownership over your strategy.Not having some foundational knowledge and an opinion on how to approach taxes as a business owner is a huge mistake.In my experience, every single business owner who says "I just let my CPA worry about it and I focus on my business" is doing a suboptimal job at tax planning.They are likely missing out on 10s or hundreds of thousands in saved dollars every year.Stop making excuses and get to work.Just a few months of part-time learning about taxes will pay you for the rest of your career.

I see you are in Orlando I am in FL as well I was just over in Stuart last weekend over by Sebastians.

@Demarco Brown, I think you did really well using the calculator.

Hey Sammie, I actually lived in Lawton for 2 months and I don't know if you have been there, so I just want to give you my perception on what the city looks like. 

It’s not really enough for me to be comfortable leaving my full time job so I’d like to learn how to use the equity tied up in these properties to scale up & get to where I want to be asap. 

Is it a firm 6 months or is it likely to be extended.