., thanksfor sending that article along!

We've been watching videos and webinars, reading books and articles, and listening to podcasts for about a year now and we are so excited to finally get started on our first deal.

Being so, I was reading an article about a Millionaire Investor who spoke highly of “Bigger Pockets”, and I decided that this may be a great starting point for my REI venture.

I've research and followed articles on rent to own, as a way to unload my rental properties when I fully retire.

You could also search the blog posts because I think there are a number of articles out there about house hacking too that you might find really helpful!

An article by Realty Trac last week  http://www.realtytrac.com/news/real-estate-investi... gives some good insight (and neat 'heat maps' to show gross rental yield by county). 

But when it is time to wonder about the LLC, check out this article and the comments, lots of info-https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2013/08/1...2.

HI Everyone,I just wanted to introduce myself because like many others I was reading articles on Bigger Pockets months ago and finally took the 2 minutes to create an account...

I've been lurking here on Bigger Pockets for a while now reading articles and listening to the Podcasts.  

@ jay hinrichs - you don't know that the collapse in Vegas and Phx was caused solely because construction worker leaving... that is simply not true...Having a tons of OOS investors was another contributors.... there are many many studies/articles supporting that...When resession hits next, those OOS that can't find a tenant will bail... that was what caused the collapse of Phex and Vegas, at least partially....