Make sure you ask your Realtor one critical question that rarely gets asked... 

I always believe that mastering the financing, the math and the ability to crunch the numbers to analyze properties is the most-critical factor and something few brokers and investors have mastered.

It was critical that I knew my walk away point before I began negotiations.

I'll be signing up for airdna or mashvisor and pricelabs in the next few days as I've heard these mentioned as critical tools to have.

I use property managers for all units. cash flow is critical for your first property and you also want appreciation to help you regain funds for your next purchase.  

If you are using the BRRRR method, it is critical to make understand what the bank's LTV (loan to values) is for the refinance part.

Thanks in advance for your comments and criticisms!

It will be a very good learning experience in the end - so don't listen to criticism, you're already learning how to approach things differently in the future! 

@James Hamling I’m VERY open to constructive criticism and advice. 

It is critical for me to have asset protection in place, and I wanted to ask you all:"If you had to (got to) do it again from the beginning, how would you set up your structure?"