I noticed I needed to get more involved in the community as there are more and more questions that I don't have clear answers to.

A beautiful blur it was.I have been wanting to get involved with rei for a while but am just now at a place where I'm going to be able to sink my teeth in.

Understand the fees involved and calculate the total cost for an entire year of management so you can compare the different managers.

Also, here is the statement from Zillow CEO in another article “There are several startups and real estate brokerage websites experimenting in this space, but Zillow is the only one that has designed a product to keep the agent involved in every part of the transaction, most notably by giving them the opportunity to secure new listing agreements,” Rascoff said.

I have enough collateral, cash reserves, income, and experience that everyone involved is comfortable putting this deal together with me having "no money" into the deal. 

One of the things that keeps echoing from BP is that that method is harder to scale. 

Partitioning Your Marital Estate Right NowThere is a method of converting some portion of community property into separate property.

When you are getting started in real estate investing or even if you have already invested in a city, what are your methods, strategies and criteria you research and look for to branch out and find new cities across the US to invest in that fit your niche?

With a lot of younger renters, it seems to be the method of choice! 

One of the beauties of this method is for the exiting owner not having the reporting all of their income in the following year instead of the life of the loan and it usually allows him to close quicker than a conventional loan, like a bank.