If they own nothing then probably makes no sense to even spend money on attorney

(REPS)A real estate professional for tax purposes is someone who materially participates in real estate trades or businesses, spending more than 750 hours a year and over half of their working time on real estate activities.

I would have to guess they easily spend six figures a year on marketing.

you spend a lot of time trolling Pace on this Forum.  

It's just like people wanting me to broker their deals as NNN investor and used to buying houses and they think 400k is lot of money then I tell them minimum for good area and commercial tenant 1 million plus down payment and 3 million and up price.In their mind it's tough to spend that kind of money.

I already a have installed a couple in the past and I spend about $225 on each for annual flushing and cleaning.

My recommendation is to start by truly understanding what owning your properties in an LLC will do for you before spending money on entity formation and the subsequent transactional costs.

They are also two zip codes you can get burned on really easily if you don't know the neighborhoods and don't spend the time doing your due diligence.  

You can use it to create a budget, set goals, track your spending, and monitor your progress toward achieving your goals.Why investors should use it: Empower can be used by real estate investors to track rental incomes.

If you want to buy in a better area then you might be spending more on a down payment and have less to buy furnishing for an STR.