Myself personally I'm invested in Buffalo and NYC, but that's because it made sense for *me*. 

This is my personal opinion, which probably won't be popular.If you are worried about the cost of hiring an attorney to create a proper operating agreement for your LLC, you probably don't need an LLC, and if you choose to use an online site to create an LLC, you probably get the protection you paid for.

City proper has been on 5 year bear market completely unrelated to anything political, the suburbs have been adding inventory since the summer but are still very low but any measure and have actually gotten tighter the last few month, while I am open to the idea these cuts could eventually have some effect on the market, about 20% of the dc area is federal employees, let’s say the federal government cut the work force 25% which would be huge, that’s 5% of the population, but a good number of those people are either two income households where one person works in the private and/or the person being laid can go get a similar job in the provide sector l, the percentage of households who would be forced to sell thier house over this is likely in very low single digits.

They should still have alerted you if they changed it, but doubtful they need your permission.Anyone can sue anyone in this country, but how much are you willing to spend to chase this?

I would recommend an STR for the best tax benefits and cash flow no doubt.

I personally used business credit cards to BRRRR a deal—no money came out of my pocket.

I personally walked and researched every property prior to investing to understand what I was buying, what could be done to add value and what I should expect in cash flow and appreciation.Learning what makes a good investment for you is absolutely necessary. 

Real estate is a wealthy persons game. 

@Laurens Van swol a few banks that we've worked with in the past allow you to close in your personal name.

Joint ventures or private lending can help you acquire more properties while reducing personal risk.