Protecting my assets is important but the cost of establishing and maintaining that structure shouldn't cut into the bottom line so greatly either, or should it?

You couldn't buy fractional shares, house prices were running, **** San Jose after the tech collapse looks a lot like today after the tech job cuts.

The hotel lobby is real and over-saturation of markets cuts many ways, including pissed off neighbors with greater time to show up, run for local offices, and lobby politicians to regulate STRs in their communities than anyone operating out of state.

He does not handle evictions themselves, just the collections.It's been nice to cut him loose on deadbeat tenants, and get back payments over time for judgements against them.

You're not cut out to be a landlord.

You don’t have to do that much (relative to many other types of business).But that’s a double edged sword. 

Newer agents have a large cut to the Broker than others.

Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, interest on such loans is typically deductible if used for buying, building, or substantially improving the taxpayer's home that secures the loan.

On the management side easily I get exponential quality and have been able to move my management into a proactive phase rather than reactive (I ran around like a chicken with my head cut off my first two years in real estate!)

Not the smartest move by the seller, but it cuts down on buyer competition, which is in your favor. include something like this: Offer is contingent on buyer walk through of the entire property within 3 days of acceptance to buyers satisfaction, otherwise buyer may declare this offer is null and void via written notice within 5 days after AO.