In the grand scheme of things I'm new and rather small time! 

There is no structure, no scheme, no method, no ploy to hide and be the owner of real property, the judge will simply ask or demand disclosure and what ever you did will fall apart.It also looks bad to the judge, why all the hiding tactics, especially if there isn't some valid reason apart from normal business owners, why, are they doing something they need to hide from?

Personally, I invest in Index Funds with Vanguard because the fees are .04% which is nothing in the grand scheme of things, plus when I withdrawl money after 59 1/2 there aren't any taxes.  

. $2650 - 50% - $1700 - $2000 = money pitYou are presently viewing a money pit rental property through rose coloured glasses.  

Now who is looking for a get quick rich scheme? 

Real Estate investing (any kind whether retailing, flipping, wholesaling) is not a quick scheme. 

And a big issue is that a good amount of the supply is from new 'investors' chasing what they thought was a get-rich-quick scheme.

I know it sounds old fashioned, but scheming to get out of a contract entered into in good faith seems unethical to me.

A lot of these get rick quick schemes came with this STR move, and I hear stuff like STRs don't get impacted during recessions.

Don’t waste time with these “strategies” gurus sell as thinly disguised get rich quick schemes; they only work in a very few and rare situations, and to utilize them successfully takes knowledge of real property in general, the area in particular, money, time, persistence and effort.