New Kansas City Investor: Intro, Post & Questions

[Spencer Davis]

Hello All,

My name is Spencer Davis. This is my first post, my first question as well as my introduction. I am a new to real estate investing but have been observing from the sidelines for several years now. For 10+ years, I have been involved in commercial real estate business on the construction management and leasing side. My area of focus is buy/hold with value add opportunity for small multi family residential units around KS and MO. 

I am originally from Kansas City and I just moved back about a year ago. I have lived in a nice SFM for a year now but I want to move out make it my first rental. The property will no doubt cash flow but with my current SFM becoming my first rental, I was wondering if there is anybody out there that knows of a good RE accountant locally. Also, does anybody have any input on creating LLC's for your different properties? Going forward, I would like to create different LLCs for my properties to help mitigate the risk but don't know if this is an industry norm in the residential world. 

Any input would be greatly appreciated and once again I am glad to be a part of the BP community. Thanks!