Welcome to the community @Chris Stephens! 

Hi BiggerPockets Community!

And you should jump in, the community is pretty great here.

What I bring to the table:- Stable income/employment history- Handy and technically minded- Great with excel and programming, should translate well to custom analysis tools and automation- Commitment and discipline to spend the next decade grinding and doing whatever (legally and ethically) it takes to be successful.Thank you for taking the time to read this, and thank you to everyone involved with bigger pockets for facilitating this community.  

It rents for 1% of the purchase price.Can't thank this community enough for the wealth of knowledge that it is.

I'm hoping that some wisdom from the BP community will either help me overcome my fear and throw the number out or confirm my old negotiation voice.

For example, if something happens in Property #1 (Owned by LLC #1), they generally can't go against Property #2 (Owned by LLC#2), etc.Having plenty of insurance is also important.The main thing is that everything gets done on the up and up and get done properly.As for state income tax liability, a lot of it depends on how the LLC is set up.For IRS purposes (and many states) by default, a LLC that's owned by one person (or a husband and wife in a community property state), is usually what they call a Disregarded Entity.

I wanted to poll the BP community to see if anyone had any good suggestions for local REIA groups in the Pittsburgh area that I should think about joining. 

I've heard and seen a lot of air bnb strategies, but nothing like my latest idea.My end game is to help my community and eventually other communities grow and thrive.

HRLA is an all volunteer run landlord club dedicated to buy and hold education and best practice sharing.