My wife and I recently purchased 1 duplex and have it rented. We will be purchasing another long term rental (single family) before the end of the year and plan to BRRRR properties until level 1 of passive income is r...

Also visiting that market to walk the streets and talk to residents and proprietors (think restaurant owners, gas station attendants and Uber drivers) often times they can tell you something in 5 minutes that you could never glean from hours of research.Cheers

I may just consider approaching this as a sole proprietor under a DBA company name without the additional entity.

As a "sole proprietor" you end end up paying self-employment taxes because you're both an employer and employee.

As a sole proprietor, there are benefits.

I run an unrelated business from home as a sole proprietor that will be impacted by the change, but my understanding is that we can still take all appropriate deductions on rental properties.

I did business under my own name as a "sole Proprietor". 

My rentals are under a sole proprietor, have a W2 job, and partially self managed. 

@Brett Grabowski, If all of those single member LLCs have elected to be taxed as sole proprietors and do not file their own tax returns and all activity of the real estate is reported on your own Sched E then you are actually the tax payer for all. 

@Brett Grabowski, If all of those single member LLCs have elected to be taxed as sole proprietors and do not file their own tax returns and all activity of the real estate is reported on your own Sched E then you are actually the tax payer for all.