We may not have much of an overlap, but feel free to connect with me if you would like to.

Be very careful on who you work with many sfhs don't work in terms of cashflow in this sellers market especially if you are going turnkey.

I find it hard to find reliable real estate information from friends: many do not care so much about real estate, and those who did had relatively dated information (telling me to buy in Austin TX or Phoenix AZ after the appreciation had come).Sales people cannot give you impartial advise indeed, so you have to skip the sales talk and look at what impartial sources tell you.

I'm still in the process of studying up, so I can have somewhat of an idea of what I am doing.

No firsthand experience, but every time I've seen this question come up the responses indicate that for a few small units LLC will not protect you better than simply adding an umbrella policy to your insurance while being more complicated and expensive to maintain.Also many snags to consider such as banks not likely to finance residential property to the name of an LLC, transferring to an LLC later can trigger a due on sale clause in your mortgage, if you mix personal funds and LLC funds to pay for something you can negate all legal protections.

We are in search of an equipment operator, mostly for grading and hauling dirt, some auger footings or foundation work.

The TLDR version is be very careful: https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2014/12/23/investing-out-of-state-essential-items-to-vet/

This concerns because of an overload on each breaker.

A bit of an unusual situation.

I am thinking maybe the owner would be happy to receive some rental income and instead of it being a money pit because he has to pay some employees such as a manager and gardener to take care of it while it sits empty and for sale.