Also if there are any forums, blogs, tools, podcasts, books, anything that has helped you in this space please send them my way.

See this article:www.taxcpe.com/blogs/news/1099...What do you think - do landlords need to file 1099-MISC's? 

I think the best thing to do is to educate yourself as much as you can through books, podcasts, and reading the blog/forum posts.

I keep reading blogs, case studies, etc that are all post-deal (I.e that ship has sailed).

By now, this account slowly grew into $15k because you kept it in relatively safe investments with modest growth.

Not sure what they would be on $2,000,000 in CA, but I wouldn't think all that different.Of course if you take the $1.5mil you get for it there and then spend the same here, you get one of the best houses in town, but the taxes are probably triple...or you buy a more modest house and two duplexes and let the cash flow from the duplexes pay the extra taxes.

Enter "property management software" and then narrow it down to blogs or forums.

We don’t know anyone in Georgia, but you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”, since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant: https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processes

You might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”, since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant: https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processes

I’ve also done my due diligence, read hundreds of blogs/forums, and the obvious areas investors are piling into are- Tallahassee, Jacksonville, Pensacola, St.