I will also be doing all the cosmetic things you can think of: paint, flooring, bathroom reno, kitchen reno, so I am open to carpenter or design suggestions.  

It is a matter of getting out of your comfort zone a little bit but not so much that you will burn out or lose sleep.

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I would designing, renovating and managing the property.

Just go on fiverr and hire an interior designer in Romania for $10https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/530-short-term-and-vaca...

Since I'm taking such a cash hit, I asked the sellers agent if they would be able to designate some portion of the sale price ($200k?)

How much can you budget for furnishings and all kitchen items and creature comforts for the ones you want to MTR.If you have a vacant 6-unit, you have great possibilities to try all strategies.

I know REIGuard is easy and designed for investors.

Second, in terms of asset protection, LLCs are not invincible, but I think what many don’t understand is that they are not designed to completely shield your assets from liabilities, on the contrary they are designed to contain and isolate liabilities. 

I felt I had a good head start since I was already a real estate agent and was very comfortable with finding comps and figuring out the ARV.