One bit of advice from one BP member to another Make sure you have a really good set of corporate resolution docs, non competes, a really good set of policies and procedures and communicate daily on expectations, goals, and EVERYTHING!

Also if you run other businesses, a different structure might be more helpful.Currently, seeing that the corporate tax rate was lowered significantly, depending on how much profit you want to reinvest in the business, an actual corporation may have some benefits as well.I'll say that generally an S-Corp would be the way to go, but there may be situations that make a corporation tempting.Be sure to work with a CPA that knows your specific situation.

Due to Florida Real Estate rules, I can't have two DBA attached to the LLC that is the current brokerage corporation (the commercial firm).

I have done that already, and in short I came to following high level findings.Positive impact on appreciation: -area was historically undesirable due to association with “East Austin” demographic stereotype, but that his changed rapidly in last 10 years due to proximity to downtown, universities, corporations moving in, redevelopment of parks/recreations etc.

Does buying it through my corporate entity absolve me from that?

But as an investor and to possibly protect the property from a recession period I also like to look at all the corporate and small business close which correlates to jobs and tenants paying rent consistently without issues.

Owning Rentals in an S Corporation Might Be a Costly Mistake.

I've recently formalized my business by creating a corporation. 

If it is a corp or LLC that owns the property, is your client the only owner of that corp or LLC.  

By coincidence our corporate office is actually in CO in Lakewood.