It’s very simple how this all works everybody knows that. 

So bye-bye all the Brrr's and Multi's and what not, we need SIMPLE, right, a good simple SOLID base-hit, right. 

Cash-flow is for "keeping the lights on" as in covering operational expenses to defend against any need for additional capital investment. 

As @Brett Synicky suggested, keep it simple, as a sole proprietorship.You are also not considering that you will have to pay $800 per year and per LLC to your greedy state.In short, get some professional advice instead of TikTok advice.

We travel for work (healthcare) and chronically live out of MTRs, so it will be our first time operating a shorter term, but won’t be an entirely foreign situation to us.

Granted we only have 17 but still, I’ve never used anything except a simple excel spreadsheet and all my rental properties have a separate savings account under my main account at my local bank.

MHP is a mature space with many proven operators.

In the state of Florida, you should have two bank accounts, operating and escrow. 

There are models where you rent to an operator but that wasn't for us. 

I have over 30 years experience in operating office buildings in NJ and would be will to run the operating arm of these investments for a % of the deals.