Are you buying under an LLC, buying under your name and transferring to an LLC, having an umbrella policy?

You only live once and you cant take it with you, so unless your dad has some dream of starting (or continuing) some dynasty you all should cash in and start enjoying the beach and those drinks with the little umbrellas, while you are still alive.

The Bigger Pockets buy & hold analysis calculator does not take into account the tax benefit of long term ownership, which is substantial.

I'm an expat newbie investor and  bigger pockets newbie, living oversees in Austria and I am very interested in investing in SFHs between 50-100K in the Columbus, OH area focusing on Buy and Hold (rentals).Currently I am looking to build connections to home-in on interesting opportunities as well as to start building a team local to the area.Looking forward to meeting some of the locals here! 

A minimum response would leave this industry largely as it is but both tighten regulation and insist that a bigger proportion of the balance sheet be financed with equity or credibly loss-absorbing debt. … A maximum response would be to give the state a monopoly on money creation.”http://positivemoney.org/2014/04/strip-private-ban...

I would double and triple check my numbers and maybe even ask about them on Bigger Pockets before asking family and friends for money.

I started looking for podcasts and books and came across bigger pockets. 

Is this simply a matter of the bigger players not wasting there time on smaller liens or is there an underlying correlation to the property/likelihood of redemption?

One of them here in Kansas City has a much bigger store than the rest, so they stock a lot more doors and windows. 

If all else fails, try offering a bigger down payment.