As you advance, you can come across chances to take an active role in real estate transactions after you reach legal adulthood.

However, I really want to A) accelerate growth and B) pivot to managing luxury and unique spaces. 

We have grown the business to afford hiring someone to take over my role so I can pursue investing in real estate. 

The goal is NOT to sell them something, the goal is to establish your role as a local advisor and to collect data.

Again the law makers will blame the greedy LL without recognizing the lawmakers role in the rent increases. 

Realizing that it may take me bit longer to find what I'm looking with my initial criteria, so I may have to pivot slightly. 

That may play a role in your plans.

Agree with Dan and Zachary, there are a lot of options and it depends on how active of an investor you want to be.If you’re looking to take a more passive role in your real estate and want the benefits of diversification there are funds available to accredited investors that are designed to allow investors the opportunity for ownership of institutional investment grade property that is occupied by regional, national, and Fortune 500 credited companies. 

Also, I think it'd be good to hear the people you want to be surrounded by because that would likely play a role.

The renters will contract with and pay rent to the management company (not to us).I would like to protect the property and my personal assets from any legal risk from renters.if we use an LLC to manage that risk…1) Does our property need to be in an LLC or can it remain outside somehow2) What role is the LLC business performing (is it also considered a property management business and thus require a real estate business license in some states)?