I am not too concerned with a major market correction.Personally I feel keeping enough to protect ones self from going underwater during a market correction makes sense, but I also see how having too much dead equity can be costly if you are looking to build your portfolio. 

Its 3x 3/2's and 1x 2/2My question is what concerns/ complications/ cons does this propose, if any? 

I called my lender and expressed my concern to which she said she would ask the senior loan originator.

Hello everyoneI invest outside of the US, working in Indianapolis, focusing on Flip.Looking for a method How do I know great contractors who focus on Flip, who have experience in the clip, who are timely, budgeted, honest, reliable.How do I manage to locate such contractors?

My question is concerning whether or not is can be a good idea to separate your real estate operations into two entities: (1) an LLC that holds your property and (2) the LLC that holds your property management operations, where the LLC (holding the property) would pay a management fee to the LLC (holding the property management operations) for its services. 

My other large concern is with budgeting.

I am mainly concerned with the Houston market.

I understand your concerns about the Series LLC, but decided in favor that option, since I'm going to wind up with 8-10 owner finance loans under the solo 401k, and 8-10 individual LLCs seems cumbersome and expensive.  

I definitely agree with everything @Caleb Heimsoth said. 5.2% is very low as far as historical standards are concerned. 

as a newbie and who also wants to own my own properties before the end of 2018 I would like to know what your action steps/ method you used to get your feet wet in real estate and what did you learn ?