Two years ago I stepped away from 20 years in corporate America to build a rental arbitrage business in San Francisco and just south.

Regarding receiving funding under an LLC and difficulties: Banks/lenders will usually ask for your articles of incorporation, check credit, depending on loan type, will ask for reserves, require some insurance just to make sure your risk is acceptable for them to loan to you.

I try to incorporate the best information I can find to my personal situation and get out of my comfort zone at least occasionally.Mike

In a landmark study, 20 top US corporate lawyers with decades of experience in corporate law and contract review were pitted against an AI.

I spent 10 years in corporate finance and I see that as a big differentiator between me and some of my peers, both as agents and investors.

I would also seek a piece of land that would not be incorporated in any city limits.

This is very high-touch and personal, but also not scalable in a meaningful way, and often times, unless you have something pertinent to discuss with each investor, some may view this as a waste of time (think in corporate speak: "this meeting could have been an email")Newsletters are very scalable, and with scale the personal touches are lost, since you are presumably sending this to thousands of people.  

But the traffic pattern and overall customer interest that a listing received can be used as a very good proxy to distinguish between a "turn key luxury unit" and a "fixer upper" too (I bet redfin/zillow is already incorporating that into their models as a signal).

On top of that, since I've been investing in property for over 7 years, I incorporated a property management component into our company.

When I make a new acquisition, a new LLC is formed, with the only member being ACT Investment Propertues, LLC as written, when you create the Articles of Incorporation.