We are looking to buy a house of our own and she asked for some time to save, so in the meantime, I was going to take some of my extra savings from sharing rent to start investing on my own.However, from day one, living in the house has been a nightmare. 

Josh whats the cost savings for the master LLC with branches?   

I will have around $30k in savings and I can find properties anywhere from $50-150k in my area. 

Don't die while living there.If you are willing to buy in like Leechburg, Kittaning, etc, you can save on property taxes.You'll still pay taxes in NC, as well as PA, for any earned income on your NC properties, but being a RE lawyer, I'm sure you know all about these issues.Obviously, living in Colorado, I don't follow any Pittsburgh REIA groups out there.

Our families have dubbed it the “retire home” because that’s what’s they all  envision when they think of retiring hahaBut the area is building up, so it may be more renter appealing by the end of the decade, but we want to start soon

As you can see, all those cost savings that people keep telling you about quickly evaporate.

There's no savings to be gained by working directly with the seller's agent.

Plus I can look at houses whenever I want and save a couple thousand on commission.

For those who are self-employed with no full time employees, the Solo 401(k) format provides similar checkbook control over funds in a slightly different configuration - but with a more robust retirement plan.Several providers of both services are active here on BP. 

It saves the expense of ever getting a subpoena requesting that we provide all email related to a certain item; if you do not have it, you cannot provide it.I suspect your response contains simple facts and conveys no opinions.