But the more I learn about corporate credit and D&B and CAPEX scores, the more it seems that having an LLC is worth just for the benefits of building access to increasing capital over time through corporate credit and "true" business credit.Re: regular business credit cards, as you mentioned, I'm using Fund&Grow at the moment to get as many as I can (but those cards have my personal guarantee attached to them).

You can rent by the room, which can maximize rental income.Parent Guarantees: Many student leases involve co-signers, usually parents, which can provide additional financial security.Low Vacancy Rates: Due to the high demand, vacancy rates tend to be low, especially if the property is close to campus or in a desirable student neighborhood.Flexible Lease Terms: You can structure leases to fit the academic calendar, which means you can adjust rents annually based on market conditions.Cons:High Turnover: Students typically stay for shorter periods, leading to higher turnover rates.

All that being said, it takes time, and isn't guaranteed to get you anything better than you can get from the groups that start showing up as sponsored listings on google, paid FB and IG ads, etc.  

This year, I'll make closer to $175,000 thanks to some opportunities for overtime, but they're not consistent or guaranteed so I don't want to consider that as regular income.I am very fortunate to have an excellent pension that will allow me to retire as early as 39 years old ($58k/yr) with it growing exponentially every year ($400k/yr at age 65 - which I do not intend to work until).

If that's what you're doing here, T&M, then I all but guarantee he IS estimating high, and honestly it's smart of him to do so. 

GC will also co-guarantee the loan with me so he's invested and financially at risk.We have a couple hard money quotes at this point, but are really focused on using a local bank for better terms. 

In an age where any and all data is $$$, how does your company guarantee that all my work, time and energy driving around and cataloging all these distressed properties, won't be wrapped up and later sold as "Leads" to other investors or companies to sell? 

Scenario 1 = It looks like you have $950,000 cash to pay off the mortgage balance off.You are getting $70,000 additional cash-flow$70,000 / $950,000 = 7.3% which is not bad considering this is just cash-flow and you likely get an additional 4% appreciation bringing your total return to around 11%The thing to consider is that you would then lose the mortgage interest deduction.Without that deduction, it may put you into taxable income territory.You may want to consider seller financing some of the properties and see if you can get 8% to 10% interest.it would guarantee you a return and still get you nice interest over a period of time.As I get older, I want my investments to be more 'simpler'

It works incredibly well for real estate because it offers flexibility, liquidity, and allows you to make your dollars (cash value) more efficient by allowing them to work in two places at once (in the policy itself in participating policies by earning contractually guaranteed interest and dividends as well as in the investment you leverage your cash value for).

Where you go will NOT guarantee results.