We prefer to make the investment relatively close i.e. 2-3 hours flight max.We want to start small as this would be our first but start at a location where we can then buy more and bigger investments (like an apartment complex) once we have a local team and understand the micro-markets and details. have been considering buying something from roofstock.com to begin with. 

I think you'll Hain a lot from that and other books here on bigger pockets. the metrics you use for analysing a deal are determined by what your goals are do you want to hit a certain dollar amount of cash flow per door?

I have other rental properties within their own LLC's and these LLC's are under an umbrella LLC. 

Hi Bigger Pockets people!!

I ran the number on the calculator on bigger pockets here, and can add that info if needed.The other option is to prepare my current house for sale for probably 15K I could sell it for 169K, and I would owe probably 116K by the time I sold it, I would have 53K in equity before I paid closing costs.

Well, the bigger companies have proven that they really are buyers. 

I am a pretty new to the real estate game and decided to start with bigger deals for bigger returns.

Bigger boys play with bigger toys 

I’m happy to be on bigger pockets!

There's some specific areas I have an interest in buying both in Georgia and Florida.The Bigger Pockets community has inspired me to not wait and start now to obtain that "retirement" life a few years ahead of plan.