Let me ask you this question, could you pick any of the following walking down the street:Andrew Florance, Carrie Wheeler, Bruce Flatt, Robert Reffkin, David Nunes...Put it this way, if you cannot afford a full-time attorney on your payroll, you do not need to have a complex legal structure. 

Would depend on the full situation though if that would be possible.

I realize the RE world is vast and full of scams, jargoned underwriting, salespeople, and crooks.

BiggerPockets is full of resources designed to help you along your journey, whether you are just getting started or a seasoned investor.

Continuous participation.This is great if you are talking about an SMB with effectively connected Real Estate.Note rental activity is considered passive unless you meet the RE Pro threshold of 750 hours and more than 1/2 your time.This is the conundrum for passive real estate investors.If you have a full-time job or a large, time-consuming business it can be difficult or impossible to qualify.A huge loss from depreciation if you have one LP investment isn’t going to do anything for you.

The best the state real estate commissions have come up with is (1) licensure needed to “wholesale” legally and (2) full disclosure of intent to the seller. 

What a shame, because Kiyosaki's original book was full of such great wisdom to live by.

I can’t say I came up with the idea, I saw a landlord with more units than I have post that they offered the holiday discount, bug only to their tenants who had made all their rent payments on time and in full over the course of the year.

I can find properties that likely can result in a full investment extraction, but after the max LTV refi the property is large cash flow negative. 

I am a full-time Real Estate Professional (Agent with almost all other income coming from active and passive RE investments).