My goal is to invest in one single home rental property a year for around $100,000 and rent it out for means of cash flow.

I think it all depends on your risk management strategy, your goals, and current need. 

There are many investors who establish an LLC or Series LLC in one state and then place real estate from other states under those entities through the "channel" of land trusts - you would only need to pay the foreign filing fees in the case the land trust gets revoked (if there was a law suit, for example.)

However if you are American then you speak the same language so you just have to find the channels they are looking in.

She is a realtor who works a great deal with investors and runs a Hampton roads investor's meet up once a month in VA Beach, and we have a small group of military investors that meet up separately to network, syndicate, and help each other out with our individual goals.  

Goal is to retire at 50-55 and live off rental income and have all debt paid off. 

My Goal: To purchase properties, SFD or Multi, to create $8,000 in passive income within the next five to six years to retire and enough the little time I would have left with my children before they leave my home. 

You should identify what your goals are and what you plan to do and then ask for the “best” approach.  

My goal is to begin searching for my next property in November and hopefully close on it by the end of the year.Goals for the future is to have enough income from my properties to be able to leave my job in the next few years.

Get advice from a few investors and work through what your goals are together.