So, A couple months ago I pulled the trigger and purchased my first SFR rental property in Kansas City Missouri.

Thanks for your advice you guys I've had a few opportunities to acquire smaller complexes and hesitated pulling the trigger on the deals and missed what I see now were some great deals

Among sirens, dog barking and "human words", I am not sure which is the best to deter intruders once the motion detector is triggered. 

Actionable takeaways:Learn the Psychological triggers that get us to buy Have faces on your website.

As far as financing I know many investors will purchase properties in their personal names and then transfer them into a Land Trust (this does not trigger the same red flags for the due-on-sale clause as transferring directly to an LLC,) then assigning the [Series] LLC as the beneficiary.

We always underwrite every deal for a 9 month hold and if the numbers work at 9 months we pull the trigger on an offer and go from there.

Since the structure is a Trust and not an LLC, it does not trigger the Franchise tax.

After years of analysis paralysis and having to catch up from a few months of unemployment, I finally closed on my first rental property!  Friend of the family is retiring and moving out of state, wanted a quick sale ...

I got involved in investing by being on the front end of deals that went through the office (just had to be careful not to trigger any COI, for example I couldn't underwrite any deal I was a part of).

Things sell quickly usually less than a week, so you need to be ready to pull the trigger.