It depends how long you plan on living.

There are a few specific area we target in Sacramento depending on your goals.

Depending on your exact situation, you could likely get something closer to 7% and make these numbers work a little better.  

Depending on the size of your portfolio and what you're doing in real estate, it may or may not be worth it setting up all these entities.I don't run any other businesses. 

Well, of course it depends on the individual circumstances, the amount of time comitted and the capital available.

Depending on what state you're in, you may need a real estate broker's license to start and operate a management company.

Depending on where the property is and the lender involved, and what he has told the lender, and so on and so on, you handle things accordingly.

It would depend on your income, location and price of the home. 

If an investor has the time, knowledge, capital and experience to be an active property investor then there are a number of strategies , that, depending on the economic market can be used to accelerate wealth building.  

@Michael Whitman , it would totally depend on the company, but you make a great point.