Home ready 3% down loan enabled me to put down a reasonable down payment and not have to save up 20%.

While I certainly see how cash flow enables people to achieve financial freedom; leave a W2 job, retire early, or allow them to chase any dream they might have.

@Taylor KleinThere may be some accelerated depreciation features that might enable a write off against other passive income.

If I invested in the LLC or loaned money to the LLC which enabled it to buy property, including the one I end up buying back, would that be a problem?

If you become a specialized professional such as engineer, lawyer, accountant, or some sort of medical professional your potentially high career earnings will enable you invest in types of hands off RE...or hands on if you like. 

Its value is in enabling you to live you life to its fullest, no matter how you define it.

For us, frugality is the method for enabling accumulatIon, rather than leverage.

Maintain a personal reserve that enables you to handle ordinary maintenance and emergency repairs.How much reserve should you have? 

Hire a lawyer, let the lawyer do their job, and make a rational determination on whether the courts will enable you to collect any money from the tenant or the parasite he stuck you with. 

This accelerated depreciation schedule often enables investor to shield over 100% of operating cash flow (provided the investor has the ability to offset other passive income).