Seeing people give others money for down payment assistance etc. to me is just plain dumb.

Quote from @Ashwani Singh: Has anyone got an excel sheet that is good to maintain your month by month rental property management expenses and income?

Happy to assist where I could.Good luck!

If you don't have a virtual assistant yet, I'd recommend getting one to help with things like tenant communications and coordinating contractors.

To thrive in real estate investing, you must maintain a firm grip on your finances.

Like Mija noted, they cost real money and time to maintain, and I simply was not deriving enough value from either.I had no intention of GC-ing jobs for clients, which is about all it would have allowed me to do that I can't do already.  

We are hoping to avoid doing any sort of partnership and maintain a single member LLC, but searching online hasn't been fruitful.

Unless you are getting a bank loan and are willing to accept higher interest rates and balloon payoffs, buying within an LLC is not a clear-cut decision.An LLC can be created very quickly and should costs under $1K, but you need to know there will be costs and time to maintain that LLC every year.  

v=8QPipxwcGMg&feature=youtu.bePlease let me know if I can be of further assistance. 

Learn the business (and by that I do not mean assist  diligence on another GP's deal for free and get awarded "CO-GP status" to run with).