Hello BP,I'm an active Midwest RE investor who purchased 16 units in Indianapolis in the last year and a half but looking to expand into a new market and have selected Cleveland for the long-term potential of the city for buy & holds in certain areas of town.

The level of activity and involvement are very different, especially when getting started...and they meet different goals/objectives. 

You quickly get into this whole discussion of active investing vs passive investing, just like we do with RE investing.  

This may entail investing actively and passively, investing in multiple states, and/or investing in various types of RE assets. 

I recommend that you stop reading as your primary means of education after you finish these books and transition to active participation in your investing activities. 

Looking forward to chatting with y'all and hopefully even meeting some of you folks who are active and in the game at whatever level.

There is an hours requirement but also it states that you MUST spend more time on REI than any other activities(s) A read a tax case not too long ago where a surgeon tried to qualify because he self managed his whole portfolio, yadda yadda...Ultimately the IRS said you're in the Operating room for 10 hours a day 6 days a week.

How active do you want to be in investing?

It needs to have credit score (if reason) or others factors (active collections, etc.) and name and contact info for the credit bureau used. 

My husband and I are both Realtors and active investors.