Every market is different, skills are different, location matters, proper due diligence matters and your individual lifestyle even matters.There are millionaires who live very humble lives and you would never know they were wealthy. 

For example, some of the property might even be eligible for bonus depreciation, but whether or not you use it depends on your short- and long-term strategy and individual needs.

There are also a ton of apartments competing with you in the same area that can do so many things to get tenants that are impossible as an individual owner, like giving 1-2 months free rent.   

My journey in real estate began several years ago, driven by a passion for helping individuals find their dream homes and making sound investment decisions.I specialize in residential properties, focusing on both buying and selling, as well as identifying lucrative investment opportunities.

I was curious if anyone had insights on my scenario:Parents are living apart, yet still file federal taxes as 'married', but file individual state returns.

Nobody can safely and legitimately sell tradelines better and quicker than these guys, nobody pays more to do it, and nobody has a 100% commission referral program for each card uploaded by any/all new sellers you refer - without limit.I'm extremely experienced in this and although I've been through a couple growing pains with GFS they've ironed out nearly every issue and went fully transparent with their payment schedule and their system to prove that they will not manipulate pricing based on individual customers.

He has an LLC, but I am an individual.

Do you prefer working with individual freelancers or established teams, and why?

Opportunities in real property investment need to be evaluated individually on their own merits.  

Sometimes people confuse hard money with PRIVATE LOANS, which refer to individuals who lend their savings as investments.