For most people a house hack is a great start. 

At the end of the day we can screen our tenants all we want, but cannot control what people do.  

We work with people in your shoes all the time. 

You should have an open conversation with as many people as you can find.

I'm sure a lot of other people would in this group as well! 

Hopefully someone with tax accounting knowledge can jump in here with more detailed analysis, but I looked at this a bit several years ago...1) You still have to pay the depreciation recapture on the sale decreasing the net benefit of this approach due to the large tax payment in the 'sale' year2) The LLC would need to not be a passthrough entity so that it can be taxed separately from you, so you have to add another tax return cost for the years going ahead3) Taxing it separately from you likely means corporate status and corp. taxation rates which are higher than yours and I've heard many times over the years to avoid titling real property as a corp...Overall from what I've seen this only makes sense in a select few scenarios, which for most people aren't in play. 

I've seen a lot of people mentioning reading books and soaking up knowledge to start.

Also, I think you need to have an accredited investor status before you can invest, so that may explain why you don't have as many people talking about it.

I'm reaching deep into my psychic thoughts… I see it… A majority of people who respond to this post will be real estate brokers… I can see it!

Cleaning costs have gone up in the past 5 years, because covid made people realize they don't want to do a hard physical job for peanuts anymore.