Hi, Bigger Pockets!

I'm very excited to introduce myself to the Bigger Pockets community.My name is Pete Stevenson and my wife and I recently moved to Boise, Idaho after completing a 16-month road trip from Seattle, WA to the tip of South America.As we settle into our new lives in the USA, we are in the learning phase of real estate investment, soaking up as much new information as possible and preparing for our first deal.

The rent to purchase prices ratios weren't great, however I was able to preserve my cashflow and buy into a bigger better asset with more equity.  

I really need your input, Bigger Pockets people, and appreciate it very much.

@Jon Holdman it's tempting to start a REIA like group, not do that and watch it grow bigger than many of them have.

This number has to be bigger than 1 or you're in the hole...which might be okay (to some degree) for your house hack scenario, but not when renting out all four units). 

So from what I hear on the bigger pockets podcast I am supposed to be really nervous about it.

Hello Bigger Pockets,    I'm looking for tax planning advice for starting out and I want to jump into both fix and flip and rental.

@Aditya VeluriWelcome to Bigger Pockets.

Regarding your 4br house.....bigger isn't always better if your goal is to have an airbnb.