You might also consider using the BiggerPockets Pro tools to analyze specific properties and connect with investors who have experience in those regions.Additionally, networking locally through real estate meetups or investor groups in your target area can be invaluable.

When you say the agent is not "running the comps correctly," what specific factors might they be overlooking that I should pay attention to?

Is there any way to search within specific forums only.

Rent in this specific area is anywhere from $3500-$4000/mnIf we fix and flip we would walk away with a good amount of equity that I would plan on reinvesting, my sister would keep her portion.

I've tried to peruse a lot of the posts on cost segregation but haven't come across anything discuss my specific question/situation.

LLC are favorite protection instruments of course and ideally per property and state specific.

But more about the whys/hows of real estate and their specific market. 

Unless you have a specific need for a trust, many DSCR borrowers just create one or multiple LLCs for the loans (this has gotten to a point where it is very easy and affordable to create LLCs, especially in TX)BP-Published DSCR Guide!

(If curious, my residential real estate investor clients from 10 years ago [you can find my 10 year old bigger pockets dot com posts :], at the time buying up 2-4 unit properties, a lot of them are now done with the 'human' tenants and want to 1031 into something that is ACTUALLY passive, so yes Starbucks comes up, thus I watch it).In my case I zoomed all the way into a specific brand (which then allows me to make very sweeping generalizations across an entire state -- but still not the entire country), I'm not suggesting you do that, but SOME of the variables need to be narrowed down, before you can gain any useful insights. 

They will sell you a t year, all inclusive, no deductible, extended warranty (6 years total) for 10% of the price you pay.