However, because flipping lease options is an active business, your IRA is now subject to UBIT (unrelated business income tax.)

Does anybody know if the crime map is still active on Trulia?

There is a very active REIA in Hagerstown (Hub City REIA) that has some people from MoCo and Frederick that attend.

I no longer wish to be watching from the sidelines and would like to get active!

Tyson, first you have to activate your license by affiliating with a broker (I'm assuming you have a salesperson's license).

I have all of these sites up when searching for 1-Local Realty MLS (local vs national also has cheaper deals) 2-Crime Reports (at my price point, i want ot make sure you're only choosing "safe" neighborhoods and most municipalities have some sort of online presence with 30-60 days of crime reports) 3-Rentometer (this is a pretty accurate rent aggregator to tell you the low/medium/high rents for that address 4- Craigslist to see what type of rental activity is listed there.4) While you're there, meet up with some turnkey managers and property managers.

By the way, I'm pretty active in Pittsburgh, so feel free to reach out if you want to bounce ideas off somebody or otherwise share information.

Brandon Turner Yes, and the key word alerts are one of my favorite features!

Glad to see some activity coming out of Raleighwood :-)I've been in the Greenville area all my life, except for a few years up in the triangle (I went to UNC).

Houston has 3 very active REIA groups you should check out and get involved with, RICH, Wealth and Quest IRA.Set some goals and stick with them!