My ultimate goal is to build a portfolio of rental properties.I’d love to hear your thoughts and advice on a few areas:Income Potential – What should I realistically expect as a part-time agent starting out?

I feel in the event of a law suit, it will ultimately come down to whatever the judge/jury decides...again...subjective. 

I called the health dept and they said ultimately it is my problem.

Here is my experience house hacking at 22, and what I ultimately regret: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/922/topics/1133476-hous...

Money is ultimately going to be the driver, foremost the cost of insurance.

Hey Dina, The extensive repairs discovered during inspection could ultimately provide a tax benefit by increasing the depreciable basis of the property.

Sean,I have had some good exposure to larger commercial/industrial deals but would like to start investing on my own for small multi family properties, ultimately end goal is to build a portfolio that can someday support my retirement, provide flexibility for my family, and create something that I can work on with my kids to show them the power of real estate and entrepreneurship and hopefully someday pass down to them. 

See here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/smarter A good place to start is with the free guides, such as "The Ultimate Beginner's Guide To Real Estate Investing".

I ultimately want an umbrella to keep my assets under and I’d rather set this up now from the start than have to do it later.

The numbers say my ultimate goal is to get about 11 duplexes in the 100-120k per door range in the next few years and then snowball the debt pay down.