I have investments that send on-time quarterly reports with documents like rent rolls, expense reports, detailed explanations of whether we are in line with initial projections or not and if things have been improving or not and why.

And my average time to lease a unit is 17 days, via this method. 

Would that be an out of pocket expense?

Vacancy and turns are expensive.

It's no small feat for these people to raise application fees, security deposits and moving expenses.

You send it to your property manager.IRS Form W-8ECIIRS Form W-8ECI InstructionsBy filing Form W-8ECI foreign investors eliminate the mandatory 30% tax withholding as it notifies the property manager (and the IRS) the foreign investor will be filing annual tax returns to report their income and expenses related to the rental property.

Tenants with dogs stay om average just over double the length of a tenant without a dog.

My market is one of the most expensive in the country and I wanted to ask the BP community any advice you have with investing in a market where prices tend to be on the higher side (Ex: most multifamilies are north of 700,000 -1.5 million).

Reason for the LLC is I have 180k of equity in this home, additional 150k in retirement savings and another 60-80k in cash in my bank account and I want to make sure im protected if I rent it out and the renters sue me (im told that is a thing) - the nw home would become my new homestead2) Put a heloc on the home (im told I should be able to get about 100k on top of about 60-80k cash I have), keep it as my primary and use the money as a downpayment for flips and either payoff upon completion or put a tenant in and refinance out3) Refinance out 90-100k from my current home, mortgage payment would go up $300 per month ($3600 a year) and just use that money for flips/buy and holds or even just stick in the S&P at an average of 7-8% return so I am making 3-4% more on my money then it being in the houseI am super new to all of this, have been saving my pennies up for awhile and need to get going. 

I have heard people say similar things about the home office deduction, or vehicle expenses - if it's valid, I'll take it every time.