LLCs can in intertwined with all sorts of others entities that allow people to manage tax liability and decrease risk.

I hope this helps, but please be sure to check with a licensed mortgage professional.Regarding the "free" real estate class, enjoy it and take good notes, but don't take a credit card or you'll be spending money on education that Bigger Pockets can, in large part, provide you for free or at a nominal cost for various books.  

My goal is to learn as much as I can in this area and assist investors in the future, along with my other favorite clientele, first time home buyers.

While you are looking at software, keep any information you can in excel.

The owners have deep knowledge of the market and are a great resource.Get out to as many networking events as you can to find private lenders, and tell as many people as you can in your circles that you are looking for private cash and can offer a rate above their current yield. 

because you're 'cutting- in on the banksters and BIG RE's, etc. action... under the usual guise of 'little man' corruption, while the fat elephants steal everyone, even blinder???

They will test as much as they can in the time frame and within the scope of what they can actually see (They can't rip down a wall to look at a foundation etc).

 @Ben Wilkins - Until I buy (not for a year or two), I am going to do all the research I can in terms of knowing the exact location to buy (population growth, economy growth, % of renters, etc) and learning the exact numbers to calculate cash flow, and trying my hand at learning how underwrite... hopefully in the mean time I find a mentor that I could learn from to speed the process.

For those (at the interest rates that I have) I want to stretch those payments out as long as I can.  In

And the percentage of rentals in a complex can (in some cases) impact financing.