It’s a strong market for building experience and momentum.Charlotte is a healthy, growing market with better appreciation potential, but the higher entry cost and competition can slow your first few deals.

With direct lending, your IRA is responsible for documents, monitoring payments, and handling defaults.

A true mentor will find satisfaction from seeing the mentee grow and succeed. 

I’ve been studying both active and passive investing for years, and now that I have real capital to deploy, I’m focused on finding the right paths to diversify, grow wealth responsibly, and protect it long-term.I’m not risk-averse, but I’ll admit I’m a bit overwhelmed by the number of niches, strategies, and opportunities out there.

@Carlos Koranteng - it seems the moderators did not like my response to you. 

With that being said, I love & have followed Biggerpockets for years & have been more of a consistent effort lately to reply to other forums to add additional insight when & where I can.I always recommend learning from others experiences, avoid unnecessary growing pains, & accelerate the growth potential.

I’m currently building out an in-house maintenance division to cut down response times and control costs for my own assets.The "Concierge" Experiment: I'm testing a hypothesis that higher-touch maintenance (digital reporting, boot covers) significantly lowers turnover in assets.

Yes, you could move across the country to a market that may be growing faster. 

The capital partner takes more financial risk upfront, and you take more operational responsibility, so it’s normal for the structure to reflect that balance.– Ridge Lending Group (Licensed in 49 states, excluding NY)

Even if you have a LLC, the LLC would get sued but the person who is responsible is you.