With a card, there's a third party involved in the payment, which means chances of something going wrong have just gone up 33%. 

However, they might not appreciate as much over time, and the market can be a bit more unpredictable.Ultimately, your choice depends on how much risk you’re comfortable with, your long-term goals, and how involved you want to be.

My personal taxes involve fairly complicated investments that also require multi state filings.  

By election time, I expect us to be heavily involved in a war on one or more fronts across the globe with considerable conflict and tumult across the U.S.

I would appreciate it very much if someone who is involved in real estate in Memphis, either as a realtor or as an investor, would private message me so I could have a text conversation and ask my questions.

I'd start getting more actively hands on involved on this. 

Understand the fees involved and calculate the total cost for an entire year of management so you can compare the different managers.

Either way you want to get an agent or lawyer involved to help you through the process. 

This involves additional registration fees, annual reports, and possibly hiring a registered agent in the state where the property is located.6.

I'm open to anything and have only stated that I can be proactively involved in the business to reduce operational expenses.Buying some properties for an Airbnb kind of business can be one example of such, as long as one knows from experience that it yields better than the standard 1%.