Step two is to take that total and break it up into a series of achievable Milestones.Step three is to lay out a plan, with numbers ($$$), that will produce a profile for the property that you will use over and over, to achieve these Milestones, one by one.Step Four, is to execute the plan, by going through each property to the next whereby the exit strategy for one property becomes a specific entrance strategy for the next.  

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.

I have not bought their education series but it is a consideration.

Some people have suggested that investors get a series LLC and then put each investment property under its own series.

This is achieved through analyzing and assembling deals through a series of proprietary steps that return maximum profit.

I know it won't be a guide to absolute success but if I can use it to guide me to let's say a target rich area then it would be a success.What I did:  I downloaded Zillow's Time series for Price to Rent ratio data by Neighborhood. 

If you want a high level of asset protection, there's very little that rivals the Anonymous Land Trust paired with the Series LLC. 

We live in TX, investing in IN, where should I set up an LLC right now for our first property (possibly Series LLC in the future)?

Find a broker dealer that will sponsor me and then go get a Series 6?

MLS from an agent friend who had sent me a series of prepared lists.