A good company can do a market analysis to see what is the rental rates are for that particular area, do evaluation to see what repairs are needed, take the right pictures for marketing, have multiple ways of posting your property and finally getting the right tenants so you have a piece of mind.

AHP Servicing never filed their 2022 Audit.2.

This will give you one critical piece of information, that it may take X days to get an offer and sell, and the second item will give you what your competition is right now.

Question 2: Is it a good idea to put every piece of property into a separate LLC entity (1 for 1) or is it okay to put a few properties into the same LLC?

You can do it either way and reality is you will never be audited. 

One piece of advice I never forgot is to never ever sign anything without a copy and without a lawyer looking at it first.

If you and another person own a piece of real estate as tenants in common then you both own real estate. 

So was I incorrect in thinking that by incorporating I can defer paying capital gains taxes as long as those are re invested in another piece of real estate? 

Everything can be done with a calculator and a piece of paper if need be.

CPAs often advise against pursuing this designation unless the time commitment and documentation are robust, as failing to qualify can result in IRS audits or penalties.The 500-hour rule pertains to material participation in specific real estate activities or businesses.