My wife and I still manage our portfolio and have found this to be the easiest management technique for us. 

@Patrick Charles This post is a good start https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2011/11/09/gross-rent-multiplier-%E2%80%93-techniques-to-speed-up-your-decision-making-part-ii/

An article I wrote on how to properly do this very technique HERE Let me know if you have any questions on it. 

Btw, I live in Ottawa, ON, Canada so our system and techniques are different from the US. 

I feel like after reading a couple of books the overarching mentality, techniques and methods on real estate investing would become repetitive but i also want to do my due diligence and get smart before rushing and failing at my first real estate investment. 

Successor trustee wants to minimize taxes upon distribution of these tax sheltered accounts. 

Does anyone have any recommendations on software or techniques one can use in order to speed up the process? 

A self-directed Solo 401k or IRA could be used to invest into real estate, but those investments would grow your retirement account balance which you can use as income when you take distributions, presumably in retirement.

I would find a CPA who has dealt with it before, however, because my experience with Virginia is that they are quick to disallow valid OSTCs.In regards to your other question, you are allowed to make distributions from the LLC to yourself as the owner. 

You are definitely on the right site if you wish to network with other investors, learn new techniques and strategies, and get a sense of direction in real estate investing.In my years perfecting and sourcing undervalued real estate for immediate resale, I have discovered that sending out blind offers to owners has garnered me the most success.