People were so quick to say he was way off base.   

Multiple people including myself have tried to caution him of the the true costs but he's been repeatedly dismissive and has made it clear we give him motivation and he wants to prove us all wrong (whatever that means). 

There are far fewer people per house. 3.  

Flat rate vet's the snot out of people to assure QUALITY.

I've also held of holding properties in individual LLCs that are owned by one S corporation, which allows for a 60 / 40 split between ordinary income (regular tax) and dividends (capital gains tax rate).With the goal of minimizing taxation and liability protection, what would be the recommendation from more experienced people here?

.#2  MINDSET:  Just like some people will NEVER become real estate investors regardless of time, money, related profession, - MOST people will never become real estate investors.   

To me the only thing that is working now is partnering with people who have their own salaried teams.  

We have a member round table discussion on Fridays at 9 am cst.And we have a calendar of events with events from area landlord groups and member meetups.While we are still on zoom we do try to find ways to still be able to connect and talk with each other so our events are not all just another webinar with people talking at you.Hope to connect.

DM me if you would like to have a conversation and I can guide you to people I know in the community that could help.

You could give them a thousand bad reviews, if they are the only person in town offering a specific type of product, people will still do business with them.