HOWEVER, my question is: given our goals/strategy, when analyzing returns for potential deals on the single-family rentals, along with a relatively low cash-on-cash return of roughly 1-2% should we allow ourselves to consider/count on 1) modest appreciation growth of only 3% year over year, 2) expense increases mirroring the current CPI of 3.5% and 3) low rental upside of only 1% (or even 0% given current market conditions).For example, if a deal gives a TOTAL return of roughly 15% year over year for 10 years but only starts out at about 1% cash flow via long-term rents, is this a good idea?

Given the potential for high returns, customizable involvement levels, and significant tax benefits, I believe this is a great investment opportunity, particularly in markets experiencing rapid growth.I've been keeping an eye on developments in Georgia, where builders are struggling to meet the surging demand driven by population increases in certain areas.

The primary motivations for purchasing an LLC that owns the real estate is to avoid the potential of a significant property tax increase and to eliminate conveyance fees.

For example, if you buy a $200k house with 5% down (10k) and the house appreciates by 5% (10k), then you get 100% of that equity increase.

So, looking at the flips I take on, with anticipated profits in the $70k+ range, the setup costs alone are eating nearly 20% of your potential profits, and that is before any real splits with your investors, leaving both your investors and you with not a lot of money left to spread around.A fund could work, but typically, for the economics of a syndication/fund structure to work, you are looking at several million of equity, leveraged up to high single millions, if not into $10+ million range for their to be enough money to make it worth everyone's efforts.

My property is worth 1.4M last time I got it appraised (around 2019) It should still be at around that level.

I've done a few, a couple home runs a few years ago  but that is much more difficult / not possible anymore with the increase in rates. 

Between the Gatlinburg fires, cheap property tax, and the increased popularity of vacation rentals, the values are skyrocketing and is certainly a sellers market.

We don't try to gouge our existing tenants with over the top price increases.

(This is obviously a simplification; one must consider risk, personal comfort, ability to manage, etc.).The wealth builder should always consider selling or trading his property for a property that will increase his net worth FASTER.