id like to build connections with fellow investors and investor friendly real estate agents.

Or at a local real estate meet-up is another great option.3) IMO (duplex, triplex, quadplex) are best, butttt in some areas supply is limited.

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Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

For example, I have a mortgage and operating account at Bank X for one of my businesses.

C-Corps usually aren't a preferred structure for real estate.I know that with a self directed IRA all of the income has to come back to the IRA - read another way - you can't take the profits from your investments and access them today (so no passive income that you can utilize in the near term).  

Hey Titus, totally can relate with you being from an expensive real estate market - I moved to Columbus a few years ago (from Portland, Oregon which was super expensive) to become a full time real estate investor, and ever since, I've completed quite a lot of BRRRRs, flips, and own a successful rental portfolio here in Columbus Ohio.

(OR in another view point, real estate values stayed the same, and the dollar keeps losing value). 

Just joined these forums so hopefully this is in the right thread.I work freelence and W2 work and I want to invest in real estate next year.

Despite obstacles like as vacancy and rent gaps, Houston's robust job market and low real estate costs make MTRs financially viable.Good luck!