@Cory J Thornton I know your heart is in the right place, but now more than ever, tenants are taking advantage of the rentals big time!!!

Buying in your personal name has the advantage of cheaper/easier financing, but has less asset protection, and generally conventional loans limit you to 4-10 mortgages. 

After nearly 30 years of having attorneys telling me not to keep throwing good money after bad, and after being taken advantage of so many people owing me money, I started making a difference with my effort to stop the madness.

Or put it the other way, the S Corp's primary advantage is not having to pay the the Self Employment taxes after the required salary.Good luck.

If after 5 years you were to take advantage of 5 years of appreciation and sell the property, that roof would have only subtracted $1500 in total out of cash flow. 

Slumlords can be anywhere but they seem to often take advantage of low income tenants in high crime areas. 

If you don't, then I probably will benefit from that same appreciation as well.Rent control, eliminating no-cause evictions, inconvenience payments, those crush values much more readily and to a greater extent (usually) than a bubble burst -- there's no way to work around them and there's no opportunity to take advantage of.

There is a wealth of knowledge here - take advantage of that knowledge. 

Being an agent will not only save you commissions, but also offers an advantage in knowing the local markets better than most. 

I would try to get help to bargain down (contractors like car salesman tend to take advantage of women) like actual time and materials of the plumber at $50-100/hour.