Most churches are owned by a non-profit 501(c)3 corporation so title would in that case require Articles of incorporation and corporate resolution signed by all officers E powered to sell.If owned personally, it may be probate time.Sounds like you are only beginning your research and due diligence.

I've been doing a ton of research, like I am sure every beginner has, about real estate investing and one of the key decisions that has me hesitant to buy my first property is whether or not I need to incorporate an LLC first or buy a property in my own name.  

For a corporation, this is the Articles of Incorporation, for an LLC, these are the Operating Agreement.

I am a hairdresser in Campbell and only earn money when I am behind that chair. 

I spent 34 years in corporate America getting input, building consensus, writing status reports, developing plans/goals/objectives/metrics, etc. 

It seems like Americans have it easy in this regard but far less advantages to incorporating in Canada.

If you can incorporate it into your marketing/social media and get more business, great.

Roughly 25%, according to Jason Furman (former chair Council of Economic Advisors, you can read his analysis in a twitter thread here).

Why didn't I continue to invest in real estate and instead keep working in corporate america? 

if the buyer does fund the transaction, how do i go about incorporating my fee?