The tax benefits of owning the actual real estate is a very substantial component especially if you are a "qualified real estate professional" defined per the IRS tax code.

That said, an agent cannot negotiate to the detriment of the other party when in dual agency.

I currently work for a sub-sea robotics company managing the engineering park where I facilitate all necessary testing on prototype components prior to production.

@Bill Walston  and @Steven Hamilton II  I hear you loud and clear, but can you detail what is so detrimental about holding investment property in a C Corp?

It is actually fairly easy if you view the property as a number of separate standard components.

A fellow landlord (Massachusetts) told me if my tenant mows the lawn, I need workmans comp on each tenant.  

So I've been in Memphis for a week and getting bids on various components, HVAC system being one of them.

That process is meant to dig in deep on issues that could detrimentally affect the piece of collateral.If there is nothing totally obvious - bad roof, bad foundation, mold, missing cabinets, etc, you should be able to do normal Fannie/Freddie/fha financing.

I have a 8 unit under contract and that's about all I can find that's big enough and still cash flows decently with a value add component.

About the only thing that is cash flowing are off market deals with a value add component.