I'm in Orlando and active in residential real estate as a Realtor® and also serve on the board of CFRI, the local chapter of the National REIA.

@Jordan BrownWith $50,000 saved and no debt, you have a strong starting position for real estate investing.

You may want to network with other investors locally through your real estate investment club.

It may even be higher than 5% depending on the area. 

Hopefully someone with tax accounting knowledge can jump in here with more detailed analysis, but I looked at this a bit several years ago...1) You still have to pay the depreciation recapture on the sale decreasing the net benefit of this approach due to the large tax payment in the 'sale' year2) The LLC would need to not be a passthrough entity so that it can be taxed separately from you, so you have to add another tax return cost for the years going ahead3) Taxing it separately from you likely means corporate status and corp. taxation rates which are higher than yours and I've heard many times over the years to avoid titling real property as a corp...Overall from what I've seen this only makes sense in a select few scenarios, which for most people aren't in play. 

That is why the wealthy HAVE to invest in real estate in shape or form.

You can't just look at where there ads land in the Google results for your property area. it depends on the big markets that come to you.

I went with Vivint.com they have a great smart home system no wifi needed, streams on your phone in real time anywhere you are, tamper protection, security alerts and motion detectors and will notify policy if you have a break in.

It's easy to focus solely on the numbers in real estate, but as landlords, we’re also providing a fundamental necessity—safe and stable housing.

Have run across this issue several times when getting referrals from other real estate investors.