If you get SMLLC, you can always do 1031 between LLC and your personal name.

Do your own research, develop an investment thesis, and then start checking properties in AirDNA to verify your ideas. 

Off market deal --> send a letter to the landlord who owns the house outside their state. 

well since banks basically dont do this kind of lending at all for 95% of folks.HML  PML or  money partners is the only way to do it .. short of using your own cash.

I know there are many great tax breaks too from my listening to the BP podcast so I presume that owning property in a company is the best way forward in the USA, much like it is in Europe, is this true and if so, what company structure is best please? 

@James McGovern - my wife was in attendance and she and I own 20+ properties, a huge office building, have done multiple 1031 exchanges, Segregation studies, flips, private money, creative financing etc.  

I am an investor here in Columbus myself and own a successful rental portfolio of over 7 figures.

Are you using other peoples money, hard money, conventional, or your own cash?

The VA loan is the greatest loan product available and can be an incredible way to start your RE journey (that is what I did personally). 

I don’t own anything in Arizona, and just looked up the related laws: https://www.azleg.gov/ars/33/01321.htm.It sounds like you may be familiar with them, as you did what’s expected by the letter of the law.