I told them I hadn’t asked for any, I simply wanted out I have never found a guru who honored refunds.

If you do not address it the insurance adjustor may simply deny the claim due to willful negligence. 

Yes, there is a ton of data out there clearly saying Realtors get more, and honestly it shouldn't be a surprise because we simply have more resources, more experience with those resources, more connections, huge network day 1 and on and on.

They can simply replicate exactly what you did in the first place.

Determine which units need work done to get them up to market rent, which tenants may be a future problem, and which units you can simply increase rents without major upgrades.Depending on where you are located, the size of the unit, etc. you may be able to get up to $1,800/month in Bridgeport for a 2-bedroom.

But not sure if I'm overlooking anything else that would cause increased scrutiny.Also, to clarify, my overall goal with the property is simply long-term wealth building through mortgage pay down and appreciation so I'm not targeting properties with very high cash flow thus the focus on tax writeoffs.

He charged me a few thousand dollars for information that is repackaged and rebranded, because you can simply find it on the internet!

It’s simply not the case. 

The tradeoff on the joint financing is going to be the (refi) costs associated w any transfer of ownership, HOWEVER transferring title to the LLC is unlikely to trigger due on sale (b/c it sounds like most banks simply aren't monitoring and/or enforcing due on sale in these instances) which would make the ownership (sans the actual mortgage note) more easily transferable than exiting your position as an individual owner?

When my Agent and PM do the walkthrough, I plan on having my Agent give the tenants an Estoppel Agreement to fill out so I can attempt to have full transparency of the leasing situation.