I have decided on a value that each LLC has before starting the next LLC and some of this depends on the location. 

The rental is my first of hopefully many and that being said the rental home I purchased as a primary residence and after a year I Decided to rent it out.

Bottom line, you have to decide how badly you want to own the place, and how much financial cushion you have, and how much risk you are willing to take. 

However, the question of posting links popped up in my head, and rather than adding it to my notes, I decided just to ask right away. 

Cities don't play fair when they decide to go after you.One thing I would also suggest you do is look on AirBnB for the specific building you want to buy in. 

Trying to decide what is next as we scale.  

What I ultimately decided on after speaking with many people in the business and bank customer representatives was to make a savings account for each deposit.

Hey Bigger Pockets community, I'm just starting out in Step 1 (get educated) on what I want to become a successful career in real estate investment.I also currently run an e-commerce business that is currently completely online, but would benefit from having a brick & mortar storefront, and I had an idea that maybe using the investment capital I'm looking to allocate into real estate into a commercial property my business can operate out of until I decide to sell the property in or rent it out to another business.I am obviously very naive when it comes to the complexity of any good real estate deal (especially commercial VS residential), but I'm hoping to spend as much time learning from everyone here who is on their journey as well.My main concern with the idea of buying commercial to operate my business out of it that I might struggle to rent it out afterwards and that there may likely be depreciation in the commercial real estate market over the next 5 years.I understand there is a lot of nuance depending on the local market but I'm guessing commercial is even less of a "safe" bet than finding a solid residential deal to leverage in some way.

Good luck with whatever you decide! 

People even break leases all the time.The lady could decide to manage her self, she could get hit by a bus and her Heirs realize the STR person is making too much money off their property.