Hi, I’m Ann and I’m new to this platform.

This means that you will probably need to pay registration and filing fees in at least 2 states if you don’t buy CA property as a CA resident. 

OK folks I have real world experience at this. 

With all of this, it is still a good time to buy.

Now, if you're main goal is cash flow, then this is likely not your place to go, but if you're open to cash-flow neutral, then you're likely to see some great long-term appreciation.I've worked with an awesome investment-minded Austin agent when she was buying up in Denver, and she's got rentals in Austin that are doing well, too. 

Dont want to make a mistake that it might be someone random pretending to own the company.I do this quite often.

BP has various tools to help you analyze your deals (rentals, flips, wholesale, etc). : https://www.biggerpockets.com/investment-calculators7.

Thinking about selling this home before I get in too deep. 

Large companies and equity firms obviously have more resources at their disposal than a small investor, but to me I couldn't help thinking about all of the tools and extra benefits we get as small investors.

Ideally, you would want one that would share systems with you (spreadsheets, budget tracking, walkthrough checklists, etc) this would save you a ton in time and duplicated effort.