So if you raise rents by $100/month on an 8-cap commercial building, you have now directly forced appreciation by (100*12)/.08 = $15,000, whereas on a residential, it depends a lot on what your neighbors last sold their properties for.Of course, nothing ever works out that precisely in the real world, as caps also fluctuate, but caps are not as volatile as comps.

I am currently stationed in Japan and this is precisely what I'm looking to do. 

and if you don't have 100k, start budgeting, paying cash, control your income/debt. 

It comes down to debits and credits for the most part but there is also the logistical and sometimes conflicting component of investor requirements and 3rd party requirements (MI company, junior lien holder, senior lien holder, GSE, etc.) that at the least, influence the transaction or, can control the transaction beyond the seller's or lender's objectives outright.

So basically, they will have ownership of the LLC, which may make it faster to take control of the property if somethings goes wrong, but makes it a little difficult when finding the deals.

Also when listing a recently renovated property of mine I would like to have more control over the process.

For investment property, I would avoid HOA's at all costs, as you are never in complete control. 

  :)there are lots of spots in the US were you can buy homes ( diliapidated of course) for less than 5k.but then you can remarket them and make maybe a few grand.. same as wholesaling contracts but at least you control your inventory.

I found a brokerage that let's me work from home 100%, doesn't have any hourly requirements (some weeks I work 0 hours and some I work 25 hours in it), has $0 desk fees, $0 transaction fees, $0 advertising fees, 7 day a week access to my principal to answer questions, super low annual franchise fee, and 100% control on my business, yet what did I give up?

Even if it doesn't you cannot control it and would be subject to market forces out of your control and that is a bad investment.