Will require more customization on the part of your attorney and maybe slightly higher legal fees but good legal advice is more than worth the cost and you want to have it done correctly from the start. 

@Max Keller goals are to build a real estate company with a portfolio of multi-family and commercial properties under a mgmt company (preferably one I create), and to build developments and custom homes with a partnering contracting company. 

Signing up for a dozen credit cards is not a game; there are no reset buttons when it comes to your credit.

@Brian Pulaski It's been 2 actual offers and a few more preliminary discussions on various properties but yes, you're right that it's not time to press the 'panic' button yet haha.

Start allowing commercial activity and you end up on a road you probably didn't want to be on - customers visiting the property; activities that aren't compatible with residential homes going on inside; harder use of your property; ETC. 

143 Million Social Security Numbers Exposed After Equifax HackGovernment Hack Exposes 21 Million Social Security NumbersOnline Social Security Accounts Get HackedTarget Customer Data Breach Worse Than Initially Reported 56 million Home Depot cards exposed in breach I don't know about you, but my paper filing cabinet has never been hacked.

Also worked for a custom home builder/developer. 

I believe that finding great tenants at every level (A, B or C properties) is possible, but it's just as important to treat those tenants with respect and as customers.

We reset the control unit and the fireplace worked as it should, at lease for 2 months until I got a picture from my customer showing glass blown across the room.

Talk to at least a half dozen or more customers to ask them their experience and to see their P&LSo much more but you asked for Top Tips :-)