I could pay a buyer's commission, but then they are rewarded for a higher acquisition price. 

If you do a cash out refinance and you keep the money in your checking account, maybe reward your hard work with a new car or a vacation, you're out of luck.

Now I wish I had done it much sooner as it has been rewarding.

However you might want to look at your goals, plans, and create a risk v. reward or pros and cons and see if setting up a LLC is a good decision for you.

Risk to reward, high risk, high failure… high reward.

It was the first remodel I have taken on in a while and I found it very rewarding from start to finish.

It's our way of rewarding longer term tenants but still make progress toward market.Agree with others that Section 8 should always be at market, keep on top of the HUD rates in your area. 

Which only highlights my point: price-shopping for an accountant is not necessarily as rewarding as price-shopping for a new TV.Here's a much more detailed answer: https://www.biggerpockets.com/...

I do not want to find out I overpaid and end up with the headaches too with none of the rewards. 

Put down why a person is investing in REI.The more I have been on BP, I have learned and enjoyed the many different types of REI investments, strategy, risk/reward, different starting points, backgrounds, etc.On a continuum I see REI as follows:Syndication Investor- puts money down, knows very little about REI and won't learn much about REI from their investment.