Rental income flows through to your personal tax return unless the LLC is taxed as a corporation.

It isn't the metric you can talk about on a national scale, but if you keep buying the same product in the same area it is a very easy quick and dirty method to know how you are doing compared to other buys. 

OSU enrollment continues to grow and it ranks in the top 10 in the nation for highest enrollment to lack of housing ratio in the nation.

Given that affordable housing is a national issue it seems that the more pathways to home ownership is a good thing.

San Diego is a competitive RE market with decades of near top of nation appreciation and rent growth.  

In my experience, you are thinking through this correctly.I've heard lawyers say, if the loan is in your name (which it has to be for conventional) and the deed is in the LLC, you aren't treating the business as an independent entity and in a severe lawsuit, the corporate veil is pierced and the LLC can be thrown out.I agree that one of the best defenses is to run your properties well. 

Just remember, you can't close on the replacement property before selling your current one.Qualified Intermediary RecommendationsFor intermediaries, I'd recommend starting with some highly-rated national firms.

I am happy to provide insight as I work extensively with foreign national investors in the US.

It has been bad for the general US populace and good for a select elite group of US and international business interests who now seek to manipulate the masses to believe ending it will be bad for them, the people.Balance is what needs to be restored and the tool as old as the nation to do such is tariffs.  

This is why you don't see a bunch of national chains near main street- numbers made sense compared to other regional destinations (Gulf Shores, Smokey Mountains, Galveston, ect.)