Look up medical for Shock Wave therapy and/or Pre Nuvo body scan.I just don't like Enabler or Victim approaches. 

Initially I would lean on a house hack.

Are you leaning towards rentals or rehabs? 

I would be afraid of ending up like Benito Mussolini after WW2.If you don't know, he and his mistress and his generals were summary executed and their bodies were hung upside down in Milan at the carport of a gas station. 

I leaned doing business in Texas everyone surveys before closing. out in the west we rarely do that unless its acreage or some other special circumstances we simply would not have enough surveyors to keep up with resi transactions in a timely manner.. but I can see in Texas were the land use rules and no building codes or lax ones and no licenses required years ago.. that you need to do this.. you opened my eyes on that one. 

For now, I am leaning toward establishing an LLC to purchase and rent real estate.

No body ?

Over the years I picked business degrees, real estate license, tax preparation training, loan officer licensing and training, investment / CFP training and it is all tied together in one big connected body of knowledge that emphasizes appreciation, debt pay down, cash flow, and tax write-offs...  

I'm leaning toward buying a single or double family home with the intent of renting to others - not sure about short or long - i guess it depends on the deal and how it goes? 

For those that love their spreadsheets, I do not want to lean into that.