His theory is a paid off mortgage on your primary, $500k in liquid assets, and more than 1 source of income (real estate, social security if of that age, retirement, part time job, etc.). 

@Josh WellsRecommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

They can help you navigate local tax obligations based on your income sources and property ownership.While taxes are definitely a factor, don’t let them be the only one.

You might hate flipping over running a GC business but I would not kill your income source. 

My primary source of deals has been wholesalers, but the numbers just haven’t been aligning lately.

Do you source off-market properties?

Because those 4 zip codes are probably C areas at best I have just avoided them so I would not be a good source of information for you in this manner unfortunately. 

I would like to be able to respond to messages, schedule tours, etc, within the source site to keep it contained, not via text/email.

Here are some of my questions.1) Does anyone know a good training program or information source that could actually answer some of the detailed questions?

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