Bartlett seems ok regulation-wise but supply is slim.

If your budget is slim, get on the phones or walk the neighborhood.

Although slim there is inventory for multi's in the $350k price range around the Providence area;  nothing glamorous of course but you will have some value add upside.If you are approved for an FHA, house hacking a multi is likely going to put you on a faster track to scale a rental portfolio than the suggested SFH strategy.

I'm in NJ and though I haven't pulled the trigger just yet, pickins do seem kinda slim compared to what I read on these types of forums. 

So, I included a rent increase schedule over the next year and a lease termination notice whenever they were ready to move (I would’ve included rental comps if there were any, but the rental market is pretty slim out there). 

With the slim chance I get sued, how likely is that a LLC will be able to  withstand the pressures of a attorney who is super motivated to squeeze every penny out of me?

For a while, I did own (and rent out) a property in southern California, but once I moved to the Bay Area for work, I decided to sell it, as self-managing from a distance seemed quite arduous, and my slim financial margins would not allow me to afford to pay a management company.  

Nowadays, the risk is pretty slim.

Just checked, and WI does have it this year.Throw in the more common elections, like De Minimus Safe Harbor and Small Business and I'm not sure any of these online companies (with your odds of being able to talk to the same person ever again is very slim) can do more than say that your balance sheet balances and everything is filled in correctly. 

Slim pickings.