This tax scales up to 37% but not till around $12,500k in income for the year.   

-"analysis paralysis" is mostly a made up nonsense phrase intended to get people to go ahead and buy real estate even if they aren't ready to do so. 

Would you rather set it and forget it and not need to refi again or rather take advantage of low/no closing costs on this loan and plan to be more aggressive on your rate at the time of your refi?

If you end up at out-of-state but have capital, you likely be on a turnkey solution.If you are starting locally, that may be wholesale, brrrr, flip, buy-and-hold, (STR, MTR, LTR), and more. 

Keep it up, and look forward to the next 1,000!

How much is the rehab going to cost, what's the ARV going to be, and how much will the property rent for?

Should I set up a trust first, then move the LLC and properties into it?

I am targeting Cincinnati, OH as potential first market because I grew up not far from there and have at least some connections.

@Chris Seveney I for some reason recall when I lived up north in some locations heat went out and if it was longer than a specific peroid of time it would deem the unit uninhabitable - but I absolutely have been wrong in the past.

We have regular evictions at this scale and they typically will take a few months up to six or seven months if the tenant contest/hires an attorney.