You do not want an accidental investor (e.g. person who could not sell their primary residence and decided to rent it) as a reference.

I'd be hard pressed to believe that there is anybody that has spent too much more of their time than I have looking for financing options and ways to do no or low money down deals.They can be done.

Many of us are accidental (or were) real estate investors, so you are in good company.

Besides liability protection and overall insurance, an LLC can help you structure your acquisitions in the most tax effective way, ofcourse assuming that without it you would be in a much more pressing circumstance.

None of those people want to move frequently, I think families tend to move more because they become pressed to as kids outgrow certain things in the area (school, sports, friends) or new kids are added to the mix. 

This is something an attorney should advise you on however I highly recommend the self help legal books by NOLO Press.

My parents were accidental landlord 25 years ago and just kept the town house.

In fact, you'd be hard pressed to find a business that had been in busy as another house that I own in Europe which is centuries old.

I accidentally posted this twice, but I appreciate the positive feedback! 

I knew that loan had accidentally been made to one borrower that was not on title, and that the foreclosing trustee had used a legal team to try to fix the issue with affidavits.