An experienced investor will dig into the numbers with a treasure hunter mentality, rather than expecting treasure to be lying around on the beach.Buying a property that needs little or no repairs, has positive cashflow, organized books, and an excellent marketing presentation is not a value-add investment, it’s a turnkey investment.There is nothing wrong with turnkey investing, but you can save yourself a lot of frustration by acknowledging that you expect turnkey bookkeeping, condition, location, and cashflow rather than a value-add situation.To be clear, simply being a value-add property doesn't make it a good investment.

Company Articles of Incorporation/Organization. 12.

It helps me to keep my properties info organized.  

If it's a larger organization, feel free to inquire about their different staff qualifications.2.

My background is in finance and accounting, so I have a fairly structured, organized, budgeting mind.

@Kareem Protain"I also don't want to file as a foreign llc"If you want to evict a tenant, I imagine you'll want to use that state's legal system to do it.Generally, organize the LLC where the property is located. 

I don’t want to pay for professional staging or organizing services. 

Tom Franson with caliber home loans is a good lender that is well organized and keeps buyers up to date.

Thought I'd do it right by using an attorney and they wanted to charge me ~$5k to file Articles of Organization and create Operating Agreement

This will help your business grow in an organic, relationship based way.