I wish I had had more information when I first started so I didn’t have to learn from scratch but so many of the gurus charge an arm and a leg I have always planned on being upfront about my experiences so others can maybe get a leg up.

Typically a holding company is used for large companies like walmart - who has a shipping/transportation company, a real estate arm, the arm that sells the products etc. 

My most recent condo carries a rate of 7.99 fixed with about  90k equity the other carries a rate of 4.75 ARM with 80k equity The 3-plex has a rate of 3.45 fixed, over 250k in equity. 1.

I am arriving at this conclusion because the appraisals relied upon for the BRRRR method in these lower tier neighborhoods rarely equate to actual results in an arms length transaction. 

One thing you might want to consider is partnering with microsoft and adding a third party app to their office 365 suite of products as they have an accounting arm and many other applications already in play that you could add on just for property management and it would work on their system to integrate everything.

Appraisals have to be done at an "arms length" from the bank, meaning the bank can't influence the value.

And you would "rent" your investment property to her (arms length transaction defensible because she is a related party).

We are within "arm's reach" of Chicago and get a lot of people coming from there.

I especially appreciate the fact that you go into explicit detail about certain practices.

Gino Our major presence is in one market.We have an in-house Construction Arm that travels to between our main market and some satellite markets.We build and vet property management teams in Satellite markets before taking down deals there.