Which if you do it in Wyoming the costs for the LLC are minimal.

Here's insights for 2024 Q1, projections available at your request - hopefully you're using these to value property purchased and it should help determine your list price to minimize DOM!

She was extremely friendly and understanding, no pushy sales pitch at all. 

I can tell you what my minimal returns would be...and the method and form they take to get there.If I were to put $50k in, all cash, I would expect to get at least $60k in all cash back at the end of the first year...and continue to have that property generate a minimum of 10% ($5k) in cash every year after that.

-Financing: Leverage your VA loan to minimize your upfront costs.

Exception would be that I'll consider selling and using proceeds for BRRRR (and currently this is the best idea I have).Ideally I'm looking for minimal cost to me.

Regardless of how much you invest, your risk is spread among a broad base of loans, allowing you to track overall averages rather than luck, plus you eliminate (or, more accurately, minimize) cash drag.  

Often times the cost is minimal compared to the amount of money at risk with a mortgage. 

Spending time and money up front to give someone a great rental with minimal concerns is my goal.

I'm hoping to start my career in either metro Dallas-Fort Worth or Chicagoland, and my main priority to is to minimize my housing expense with roommates while building equity and learning how to be a competent landlord.