Quote from @Aaron Provencal: Investment Info:Single-family residence fix & flip investment.

Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment.

The entity you select can impact everything from how you're taxed to how you protect your personal assets.LLCs are often the go-to for real estate investors because of their simplicity and flexibility.

But always complaints about guests (residents) leaving common space a mess, some resident gets mad they have to clean up...   

Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Dallas.

As someone who has read Harry Potter, it seems the best way to get the attention of the landlord is to send a scary looking giant to their home residence with a kindly worded letter.More seriously, I was on the other side of the coin previously where my wife put the ads up under her accounts instead of mine, so I couldn't check them without getting on her phone and I was inundated with people looking to see the property (probably 50 over a 5 day period) and was trying to send semi-personalized notes to each one--and it all ended up being too much to handle and I ended up ghosting or not replying to many people after I found an applicant. 

Take your time and find one that you like and has good protection.

Investment Info:Single-family residence fix & flip investment.

What's my best strategy here to protect myself and to assist with this connection?

So you may not NEED a lease signed for your primary residence already, especially since that's a lot of stress to find a new tenant and have a lease in place while you're under contract on another home.