Shaker seems a bit more restrictive with POS and taxes, but more family-oriented for the schools. 

You will learn a lot, but you just may walk away with new friends, new partners, and maybe even someone who can call a mentor.

Now he has sold the company and is more of a flat rate charge based loosely on how long it takes him to prepare the return.

We need to find a good app/website for them to send rent as well, preferably one that has many things built into it, making it more simple to manage things in one place.

I recommend using a lender that non-reporting to personal credit and can close under the LLC to keep your DTI lower and overall your personal liability profile more bankable.

I think you will gain a lot there. 

I started down this journey once I realized that being a youth pastor alone would never provide the financial future that I want for my wife and kids so I started investigating real estate and reading "BRRRR".  

I've done a lot of research into this and believe this is for me, but am getting some roadblocks when it comes to funding requirements and my buy box not aligning.

This means you can do more business.

I had done extensive reading and research on best practices and entity implementation that would best meet my specific needs.