Determine the specialty that best suits your objectives and interests.Join online communities like BiggerPockets, go to local meetups, and make connections with seasoned real estate investors.

I think that we need to hold two groups accountable: - The Syndicators- The LPs who invest with themSyndicators should aspire to ever greater professionalism, legal, diligence, and compliance bars. 

Heard a lot about Huntersville, Mathews, Mount Holly etc but have no ground level understanding So far I am relying on Zillow, Redfin only to find properties so also wanted to check what are other reliable local / online MLS sources to look for prospective properties.

I’d speak to an accountant to see as it would make it worth selling.

There are 20+ accountants on this site that specialize in real estate taxation.

Hey @Alonzo Moreland, To help you in your search: be sure to find an accountant who is willing to grow with you, and is not too high priced fee-wise.

I have gone through every blog post and forum online to find a similar case to us with no luck as well. 

(I'm pretty opinionated about using a local attorney vs online when creating a business entity.

Hi, I am an interested investor, looking to connect with investors offline and online.

Not sure if this is possible if you’re in Chicago proper but I’ve had a lot of luck with my small town bank so I’d say maybe try to find a smaller bank or a credit union to build a relationship with and open an account with that you can begin building a relationship with.