Then it was being woken up by their vehicle with a broken muffler everyday at 6 am.

How do you handle tenants doing drugsHow do you handle noise complaintsHow do you handle vehicle violationsHow do you keep a tenant long term?

What most folks around this site seem to forget about real estate investing is the cash flow isn't the thing that makes it such a good investment vehicle.

Take photos of the vehicle and tags. 

Then wtf transmission starts to give on my vehicle.

If you're looking at putting together a deal that's smaller in scale, a syndication is probably not the right vehicle.

Another example might be the million dollar vehicles people are driving. 

Why would you not leverage the equity out and invest it in a different vehicle.

Sorry to confuse you but, bottom line is, LLCs are not tax saving vehicle, they are for asset protection. 

I'm also a Veteran, so keep that in mind for later.About the property: It is a Class C Mixed Use building in the heart of downtown La Crosse, WI, which gets excellent vehicle/foot traffic.