For my thesis, I'm conducting research into the practices and motivations of small landlords in Ontario to explore how various social and economic factors influence their business strategies, day-to-day property maintenance, and tenant interactions.Could anyone refer me to someone who might be interested in participating?

They're not required for single-member LLCs, but it is best practice.

It seems very useful, practical and resourceful.

Anyone reading this thread should make it a point to read your state's real estate contract practice book or at minimum pull a list of all C.A.R. forms from the internet and read the title of each form and pick a few to read line by line to begin understanding the contract language. 

"Is it a common practice to report it as a loss even though I fixed it out of my own pocket?" 

Next let’s talk about their shady business practices.

One of the things we foreign investors love about investing in real estate in Mexico is the fact that real estate taxes are practically 0.

Yes, this is quite a common practice for professional PM companies.

The problem is a gun just like any external weapon can give the person carrying it the false sense of superiority.It amazes how many people practice with a gun yet a gun is not allowed in a ton of places nationally.

So in practice , accredited-investor-only investment has bigger risk/reward than public investment.First because public investment has its own transparency.