I've been doing a ton of research, like I am sure every beginner has, about real estate investing and one of the key decisions that has me hesitant to buy my first property is whether or not I need to incorporate an LLC first or buy a property in my own name.  

For a corporation, this is the Articles of Incorporation, for an LLC, these are the Operating Agreement.

I spent 34 years in corporate America getting input, building consensus, writing status reports, developing plans/goals/objectives/metrics, etc. 

It seems like Americans have it easy in this regard but far less advantages to incorporating in Canada.

If you can incorporate it into your marketing/social media and get more business, great.

Why didn't I continue to invest in real estate and instead keep working in corporate america? 

if the buyer does fund the transaction, how do i go about incorporating my fee?

During this period, I was an executive in corporate America making a 6 figure W-2 income. 

Is it even possible to make a very low MAO with the cost of flood repairs incorporated (while the owners have insurance money on the way)?

@Brandon Heath   Typically, the answer to your question would be in the corporation articles of incorporation.