We've never used hard money or personal loans before, but do have 2 cash-flowing rentals and a primary.

There might be only one person in the whole show with 100’s of vendors and and thousands of visitors making money.

It all comes down to personal preference. 

Make sure to treat it like a business and your tenants like customers. 

It's hard to find any contact information for customer service but once contacted they refused to close my account or give a refund, instead advising me to use the subscription I had already paid for and my account could be closed at the end of the billing cycle.

Unfortunately, companies have the upper hand and can hire a nondisabled person easily. 

No the fact that the title to the property will be in an entity instead of a personal name does not erase the debt from your credit, and a lender will still factor in the mortgage payment towards your DTI.

I am a planner type of person and am trying to build my own guide for home buying. 

Can such a model be managed remotely, but hire someone per hour as needed for in person stuff?

Lying on personal declaration forms5.