I also read A LOT of books; do you write or have any recommendations? 

As an investor myself, I'd highly recommend considering Columbus for Section 8 investments.

This flexibility lets investors scale their portfolios without being tied down by traditional income verification, which is a huge advantage for those actively building wealth through real estate.I’ll check out that BP article, thanks for the recommendation!

He had the opportunity to interview the seller and mngt prior to closing on the home and chose to work with them.2) As always recommended, this investor conducted full due diligence by having an inspection and appraisal.

I would recommend investing in something that you understand. 

If anyone can explain what it's really doing for me and how is it doing it.Would you recommend adding an "Umbrella" LLC in Wyoming to own  all the others to preserve the anonymity and stronger asset protection laws?

Just wanted to revive this conversation: Any recommendations on one versus the other? 

Technically nothing Anderson recommends is wrong but in most instances what they recommend is completely unnecessary.

I would have an engineer analyze first and do the work they recommend.

Although the obvious answer is to consolidate, recommend you don’t.