Have a look at BP's blog where new articles are published every day: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog 4.

Due to COVID, I recently started requiring people to submit an application prior to conducting a physical tour. 

Not sure how to run comps on this one (hand on chin emoji)https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6168219/Entire-Georgia-town-hits-market-just-1-7million.html?

Thanks, article was helpful.

So I've been listening to BP, reading articles and listening to other podcasts, I decide that we're going to push some money into our home, bring up the value, then do a cash out refinance.

If its just you, you can't "disagree with yourself" or take yourself to court because you think "you" took too much money from the LLC, for example.The registered agent is just a person and physically mailing address in the State of New York that the State mails official docs to and contact if need be. 

I am very new to the RE world .For two years I have been reading a lot of articles and discussions here and attending webinars to see if this is the right place for me.

You'll also want to ensure you have a good property manager to look after the upkeep of the property if you are not there to notice anything deteriorating or which may need attention.This article goes into a lot of the considerations about whether to form an LLC or not: https://www.mmpph.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/May-2019-newsletter.pdfCreating an LLC in California would cost you a minimum tax of $800 every year.

I have several articles on syndication below.

Please let me know if there is any other books, podcasts, blogs or article that you guys recommend.