Rule #2 Rules are meant to be broken.For what it is worth I think the guru's selling LLCs have greatly overstated their value to an investor and are charging outrageous trumped up fees and the only folks making money with them are the shady folks marketing them 24/7.After examining the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" (Trump Tax Cuts) the most beneficial income tax treatment starting in 2018 is the "S Type Corporation".

@Donald Capwell Yah, i have 229k left on the First mortgage (CSprings house) and i used the rest of my VA loan on my house here in fort Walton area (the VA is maxed out) 

Hey, Donald looks like you posted this a few months ago, not sure where you're at now, but I am also in Oceanside Ca.

Without getting overly political, the Trump tax cuts (TCJA) failed their ostensible purpose to stimulate the economy and the federal deficit is not sustainable. 

because you cant do both my friend. if this is you goal you should focus on your genre of real estate if you will. master one aspect at a time. i come here because the real deal type folks are here with advice. donald trump has those get rich quick real estate schemes if you want to take the class. lol. 550k and above are major numbers. study those duplexes and those like it in the area. do the numbers for 6 months or better. have fortitude to study and learn, then start looking. but then your a shark looking.

State codes trump lease agreements.M2M are the best option for leases giving the landlord full control over their investment.

Cap rate trumps comps for commercial. 

Interestingly, and perhaps counter-intuitively (I'm going to say this, but let's please not devolve the thread to political bickering), Trump is siding with the economists over the mortgage banking lobbyists. 

Also, Donald Miller has a new book called 'Building a Story Brand' that talks specifically about the guide concept in marketing, you might find it interesting.These are three people I'm curious about, I am not affiliated with them and have not tried them out but if I were a new agent I'd be checking them out, I think they all focus strongly on lead capture and conversion:Easy Agent Pro  https://www.easyagentpro.com/Honey Bar Media   https://honeybarmedia.com/The Lead King  http://theleadking.net/If you try any of these out I'd REALLY appreciate it if you let me know your thoughts on them, good or bad - I'm looking for good resources I can recommend to newer agents.If you go the expired listing/FSBO route, I would recommend using good scripts (I think Tom Ferry has good ones?

That Asian Resort next to the Trump International is due to come online in 2020.