What would be the best groups to join on Facebook and LinkedIn? I would also love to join some in-person meetups and events if you have any recommendations. Excited to start getting to know folks.

You can connect thru social media.

@Nur Al Sharif Rental income is not subject to social security tax.

Seeing that the property has been on for six months without any offers tells me two telling facts - the property is not priced accurately and that it is also not marketed well enough to get the right buyers in (this includes door knocking neighbors, social media ads, and campaigns around the community).

@Todd Powell I think your best defense is what Steve does as well as heavy due diligence in the form of social media and speaking with prior landlords. 

It sure is hard to live by all these stupid rules but I think that whatever you choose to do, it will be alright as long as you don't post it on social media.

@Moshe Bloorian BP is a social media with concentration on real estate.

Can't see the forest for the trees, and all that.)My dad is 73, and lives on Social Security - about $1,400/mo. 

The next couple days ended up approximately half the time spent going over what we already covered in Boots On the Ground: Including, Wholesale, How to use social media, What is a hashtag?!

Certainly won't protect you from fairhousing fines and penalties.Where it really protects you is if you have someone working for you and they mess up, then the financial damages would limited to the LLC, assuming you weren't part of the negligence involved.Regarding taxes, using an S Corp treatment can help with situations around self-employment taxes, which is just social security and medicare.