@Sheila Mitchell Welcome to BP As you can see there are a lot of active members here from the greater Baltimore area

.#3 is fairly passive if you have a good turnkey company, good location and a good PM.Of course #4 is all you although you could partner up with someone else.So it comes down to your goals, the level of passive vs active investor that you want to be, your resources(Time , Money, Experience).Your choices will depend on your goals. 

In my spare time I enjoy basketball and am actively involved in the community.Thanks,Mike

Don't try to rush this strategy to try to quit sooner, as you will learn a ton on your 1st few deals and get better as you go.2)Quit your W2 job now and get active in RE.

This specific disclosure is likely the reason why any of my three investigations for unlicensed broker activity ever proceeded to a fine, or a charge (I've been investigated for it in Colorado, Washington, and Oregon).From there, you as a buyer are looking for another buyer that you would like to assign your option to.

Any business related expense that is allowed for a rental activity operating within an LLC is also allowed for the individual who owns and operates the rentals in his/her own name.  

I am trying to be more active in my pursuit of knowledge.

@Kenneth Jackson,About the only option you have is to learn how to team up with money partners, whether that's private lenders, other investors or hard-money.Read up on self-directed retirement accounts and how folks can use them to take more active control of their earnings on their retirement savings.When you can show folks how you can get them 12% to 20% return on their money versus the beating their savings has taken on Wall Street - 50% to 90% losses, you'll soon have more money available than you can find deals to do.There was a post in another thread about the biggest mistakes newbies make.

Perhaps okay for a single, but for a father with other outside activities, HD is a major interference with life.I tried to get a specific evening excluded from my shift rotations and they said no. 

The local "We Buy Houses" franchise is very active and usually sends out a few listings a month.