Forming a Wyoming Holding LLC and using Land Trusts for your Illinois properties are smart moves to help shield your assets.

My friend is a real estate investor who had an SDIRA account with Vantage IRA out of scottsdale, AZ.

Definitely a great option!

I know a lot of arbitrage hosts who aren't continuing and actually dropping these arbitrage units.

I did quite bit market research surrounding Ohio, it is definitely on my radar!

@Yixiong Pan, do you have experience managing rehab projects that are local to you?

I recommend to not take on hard money loans and investing with others who can also invest when it will not necessarily (totally) hurt them or me in the end is a hard lesson to learn but it is a great recommendation.

This is also my first rental, so there are many unknowns at this point.

Hey Mariangela - I would echo what others have said about making sure STR's are allowed where you are looking.

In addition, I do want to get some type of temporary security camera for the property while doing some minor rehab fixes, Are there any suggestions for temporary security cameras?