Thanks for the wise words @Nicodemus Pikras, and I agree with your sentiments on self education and answering the WHY question, I strongly believe that we can all think our way to financial freedom. 

My question:Would it be wise to put all our investment properties in a trust with a new LLC as the beneficiary in preparation of possibly purchasing the building?

Any advice about how to respectfully and wisely ask him?

Any advice about how to respectfully and wisely ask him?

The buyers net worth is good but liquidity to net worth ratio is off so they cannot put anymore funds than sitting with QI on the property.We could go recourse with a lender where the seller wouldn't have to hold  a second but the lender would require heavy reserves the seller would have to give us a credit on for the lender to go that high on the loan LTV wise.

I was wondering if it's better tax-wise to have the FL property income under a FL LLC or if it matters at all?  

I ended up making $60k equity in the deal, so yeah, not a good cashflow deal but not terrible equity wise. 

My houses in Henry, Douglas, and eastern Gwinnett (Lawrenceville) do better in cash flow terms than my houses in northern Gwinnett (Sugar Hill, Suwanee, Buford), which do better appreciation wise.  

Your young age can be a great asset, use it wisely, ask many questions and LEARN.

The only downside I have found is the taxes in my area are ridiculous - it seems like different parts of town are different tax wise though so something to be wary of.