May I also add to my question above: I would love to be able to incorporate into the analysis the option of an FHA loan vs. a normal commercial loan.Thank you so much, Lorenzo

@Alexander Merritt It use to be a common practice up here - and likely down there as well - to incorporate a holding company which would own one or more pieces of commercial real estate ...i.e. a 50 unit apartment complex.    

In general  I would love to hear about some of the doors that opened when you incorporated and some of the doors that closed. 

I would incorporate in Delaware or Nevada.

For my real estate brokerage, I used my area (Houston Bay Area) and target market (luxury homes), "Bay Area Elite Properties".Incorporating this for your investment company, I'm thinking:Cleveland Luxury Rehabs (or Properties)_______ County Elite Homes...

Then after I have acquired x amount of properties, incorporate (where x will be determined with the help of my attorney & CPA).

Choose the lowest price of the sites, incorporate a "beginners discount" and use that number as your ARV to calculate your MAO until you can get access to MLS.

Right now, I work in corporate IT and want to wisely transition into a full-time investor.

My background is in corporate finance and risk management, but I have been toying with the idea of real estate for a little while.  

This is done under an LLC which ownership equally distributed.Getting to my question...As I'm going to become and agent under a brokerage (which I wont mention) should I incorporate myself and defer all earnings from my agent-related business to an LLC?