Since loans are considered securities, most states require a security exemption, which can be prohibitively expensive.At least one state, California, automatically grants licensed CA real estate brokers an exemption without requiring them to go through the expensive registration process.  

My fiance and I are planning our post-wedding strategy and REI investing is a core part of our strategy.

Also, if anyone has gone through a similar process before, what is the cleanest way to break from a management company that are currently managing several units of mine?

I'm definitely new and I don't have all the logistics planned out this is just the vision now I'm trying to backwards engineer and figure out my steps I thought my first step would be to househack a 4-Plex on an FHA loan and then graduate to six or 12 units and then move on to bigger properties most likely outside of Chicago to your point. right now I am very confused this is the second time someone has said that four unit is not like a six or 12 but I'm not really sure in what ways is it the underwriting is it the management is it literally every aspect of it.

Hey @Brandon Ribeiro how's the process going?

Hi All,I recently purchased my first investment property and am going through the closing process.

Find a local agent who knows what out-of-state buyers need and can help with the process.

But HOA are a whole other universeAnytime people buy properties for STR they really need to have a plan B and C for changes in the market and law... the STR is subject to a lot of changes, so you need to be prepared

He told be that he had “already” purchased a $92,000 company car and spent $4,500 setting up a company defined benefit pension plan. 2.

While we plan on doing a lot of the work ourselves, we are realistic with our limits and will need to hire much of it out.