I'm working on a 53 unit deal now without banks.There are so many different ways to skin a cat in this game. 

If children fit your demographic I would also recommend bunk beds in one of the rooms complete with games, tv, etc.

well thats a long slog trying to do it with rentals.and the limited amount of captial you have currently which from your post is borrowed money .To me you need to find land develop it and build it out.. thats where you will make big to bigger bucks the quickest then peel some profits off if you want to get into the rental game.

Using the LLC asset only makes more sense to me, but I've heard it from tax attorneys for example that the appraised value is what's used each year, until The Person owns 100%, then it's game over.If anyone has direct knowledge or first hand experience or can point me to a specific reference document (IRS perhaps?)

They know the game.

To learn from those ahead of me, find new ways to scale, and take my real estate game to the next level.

Watching a Browns game in the stadium on Lake Erie with a wind chill of like 8 degrees is what we consider freezing winds out in Cleveland.

@Dimitrius Kiritsisthat is great, thanks Dimitrius, due diligence is the name of the game.

I'm assuming you have a hot tub and game room (pool table, large screen tvs, arcade games).

Pros:- Many ways to invest and lots of different price points: LTR, MTR, STR (I know a couple of people doing STR but STR can be challenging) and different areas to invest- Diverse job market.