I’m in Upland and can do work from home to help with bookkeeping, property management, or property analysis.

The sheer volume of book keeping and different bank accounts, annual fees, higher interest rates and just sheer time involved does not seem to be supported by being a newbie. 

It's very hands off for the landlord and I get an email alert every time a deposit is made so it makes bookkeeping super easy.

They are also used when you are investing with other people in the same project.LLC will also increase your paperwork and bookkeeping, and make obtaining loan more difficult.As a whole LLC are great tools to use in real estate, but you need to understand first their pro and con as it is not the magic bullet solution for every situation.

I don't see that an LLC gives me any advantages I can't also have through good insurance policies, and it's a lot less bookkeeping!

He does mainly decks and other exterior work, but does a little of everything.Also, does anyone know of any resources or guides to learn how to categorize expenses and do bookkeeping for this type of business?

Office Supplies (e.g. stamps, envelopes)SoftwareGas/MileageAdvertising + Payroll12) Lawyer/Law office/Legal fees13) Accounting/Bookkeeping/CPA/Tax preparer/Tax advisor

Essentially you are trying to remove their will to sue you, and any attorney who knows what they are looking at will realize this entity is going to take lots of time and money to even try and breach, not to mention actually getting a settlement or judgment out of.Beyond that you need to account for corporate management and having some solid bookkeeping to ensure the different "child" series don't commingle their funds.Can people do this themselves?

My wife has strong managerial and book-keeping skills and could likely handle GCs quite well.

I also do all of my own bookkeeping, so the accountant really just compiles everything, makes sure the appropriate rules are followed, etc.