How does this story translate to real estate?

I'm not a lawyer so I don't understand how you can successfully defend that the LLC isn't an "alter-ego" of yourself to sustain the corporate veil of the LLC. 

And now I am able to schedule showings for those properties and start getting more hands on experience.Although this hasn't yet translated into deals, I feel more confident about recognizing when a property could be a potential invest, and actually have a game plan to implement when looking for deals in the future.

What is their track record overall and does this translate to this project with this set of partners?  

“The U.S. has undergone tremendously difficult conditions that have fundamentally altered our nation’s demographics, but one thing remains certain—there is a need and demand for more rental housing,” said NAA President and CEO Bob Pinnegar.

She was less than cooperative in my opinion and although she kept things by the book, I never felt like she was on my side.If you are looking for as little money down as possible, I learned that scheduling your closing date as early in the month as possible on a property with rented units will translate those rents and deposits right to the bottom line of what dollar value is needed to bring to the close.

That just translates to taking out GREAT homeowners insurance rather than putting together an LLC.Once you've got 5-10 properties, at that point get an LLC and deed the properties into it. 

VA had slightly altered guidelines compared to FHA. 

My entire family is in Texas so I definitely plan on moving back down there in a couple of years so I'm a little torn on how should alter my real estate investing strategy.

This would be a scenario wherein even though your tax returns show you in the green, a lender calculating your DTI will see this hypothetical property as burning a hole in your pocket to the tune of $500/month ($1500 minus $2000), which in turn translates into ballpark $100k less mortgage you're able to get (including if/when any of you wish to purchase a separate primary residence).When you're up in the 100+ unit apartment space, partnerships and LLCs and syndication and all that is normal.