I mainly plan to use my license to give my family and I more speedy and detailed access to available properties and cut our costs on rehab & flip houses. 

I would rather buy a good asset with fewer units that attract better tenants then buy a fair asset with tons of units that attract difficult tenants.

Shortly after purchasing our second investment property I opened up a construction business and ran a successful business for five years.our main focus was high-end kitchen and bath remodels.  

There are 2 main reasons for this:It allows the investor to cash flow more profits to use on things right now. - so if they wanted to reinvest the profits into another property or use that money for another purpose. 

Will there be a meetup site or is BP the main reminder?

Bryan,Here are the 3 main options to consider:1) Custodial self-directed IRA, lower upfront cost but watch out for transaction and asset based fees, have to go through custodian for every transaction, might be inconvenient for certain investments. 2) Checkbook IRA (aka Checkbook IRA), eliminate transaction fees, higher upfront cost because of special purpose LLC, but long term will provide savings and most importantly a convenience of having checkbook control over your retirement assets. 3) Truly self-directed Solo 401k, requires self-employment activity or small business, the best option if you qualify.

What attracts you here from PA?

Obviously one that has experience working with RE investors but also someone who can work with my small business (my main job - non RE related) as well as out of state businesses! 

If you buy a property for cash in an LLC, and you need financing, you quit claim it to the name of the person getting the loan, then quit claim it back to the LLC after.The main reason is the loan isn't in the name of the LLC, so they can't use the property to collateralize it. 

Success attracts attention.