Prices are VERY low compared to the major city areas, but more importantaly, the ROI is much higher on cash flow (see my blog post). 

The FA did not necessarily say "put your properties in LLC's", but asked how they were titled, and he said he was considering transferring them, IF he even can.I read a few blog posts on this subject, and I feel it is biased to house hackers.

We'll see what actually gets built.http://new.vote29.com/blog/project-phoenix-the-sentinel-go-it-right/

I read some books about real estate investment and keep reading blogs on biggerpockets every day.

Hey Ben,Check out my blog here on BP called "All Things Self Storage".....I think it will give you a decent overview. 

I wrote a blog post about all the books I recommend that fall outside of traditional real estate and 90% of them were covered in here. 

Name something you've learned from someone on BiggerPockets (podcast, forums, blog, whatever) and tag the person from whom you learned it.

Here is my list full list on finding emerging markets: https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/10145/83188-finding-emerging-markets

@Adrian Smude, I just read your book loved it@Rachel H. loved you books and blogs 

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.