Local property managers or agents can often provide trusted referrals, and real estate meetups are also great for connections.Wishing you the best!

Find someone you know, like, and trust, then partner with them on a deal.This doesn't have to be an existing investor.

What value is expected or provided by an agent who specializes in multi-family residential, not commercial. 1-4 units.

Just transferring your property to your LLC doesn't really provide much shielding. 

A PMC is great to use not only for all these items but also really being a trusted source for vendors too etc. 

It sounds like you trust your PM and he is doing what he is getting paid for.

If the owners are saying that, then it is not to be trusted.

The fideicomiso or bank trust, whereby the title is in the name of the bank but they don't lease the property to you; you're the owner for all intents and purposes.

They have many servicesWe used them for our living trust -didn’t deal directly with mark but people were Knowledgeable and was easy to work with

My strategy incorporates asset protection measures like LLCs, specific trusts as well as professional property management to spread risk and ensure quality operations.As well as using tax codes to my benfiitSection 179, IRC Section 162, Cost Segregation and Bonus Depreciation and later 1031 them out for larger projects.