I also currently have a personal umbrella policy, but they are claiming the personal umbrella wont help liability in the event an STR guest wants to sue.

A great way to start is by attending RE events and joining a local investors association.

Go to some events, you will be able to find people to guide you throughout the process.

Welcome to BP - Killeen is a great market, do you ever come down to the Austin area for meetups/events?

The site had a couple snags, but the Events team was quick to support me.

I am also a local investor in Denver and I would highly suggest attending some in-person networking events my favorite in the metro area is Rocky Mountain Women Invest, it's once a month, free to attend and the next meeting is this week on 10/1! 

Ideally, you don't want to concentrate all of your properties into a single entity in the event of a lawsuit against one because it exposes the rest of the properties to that lawsuit. 

Realtor says another deal fell through because it didn't fit their needs for an event location.We'd be coming in with 20% and look at about $10k in initial improvements. 

This allows you to recognize the loss associated with the disposed component without having to wait until the entire property is disposed of.In your case, the replacement of the roof due to hail damage would qualify as a partial disposition event.

The best way to meet syndicators who do Rule 506(b) Offerings is at live events like @Gino Barbaro's Multi-family Mastery, REMentor's Ultimate Partnering, or Joe Fairless' Best Ever Conference.