Hello & thank you in advance for your expertise & input.

You need a lease agreement drafted by a landlord and property management attorney to fit your business model.

Regarding the excel model, do you mean to manage assets or to acquire them?

Labor must also be what market value is for the skills and expertise needed for the work being done.

Leveraging Ron's local market expertise, we secured the property for $180,000.

Note value adds are the opposite of the passive S&P.  3) alternate rent models.

As for the other recommendations suggested, I would have suggested the start with one unit but I would defer to local expertise and therefore fear @Jim K. is likely correct.  

What is the recommendation of those with expertise in this situation? 

The information was decent but with all gurus there is a lot of upselling which depending on your level of expertise, may not be worth the price. 

.), you may want to consider combining (your stake in) the LLC’s with a legal tool that is specifically designed for asset protection purposes for example a Family Limited Partnership filed in a state with strong charging order rules such as AZ.I recommend you to schedule a consultation with an insurance broker and an asset protection attorney for real estate investors that has proven expertise in the area of asset protection planning.