We would then use the short term rental income to fund the long term multi family portfolio state side.

When it comes to your LLC I believe that you should be able to capture the depreciation from those properties against your other ones assuming you are a qualified real estate professional as long as you are a single owner of the LLC.

As others have mentioned, doesn't seem like anything major and can/should be an easy/cheap fix.Just my opinion and don't forget "There is nothing wrong with any deal as long as the price is right" lolAll the best

One way to look at is that your paying a property management fee of 8-10% to do absolutely nothing but just hope that this is a long term hold because you might have to pay these again to buy something else....correct me if I am wrong.

If you sell now without a 1031, they'll take that new sale price and compare it to your new adjusted basis; the difference is your total gain,  split between long term gain and recaptured depreciation. 

It's a bit long but hopefully everyone reads this can guide me as a starter.When purchasing an investment property, it is important to calculate the "rental yield" to find out in advance how much profit the property will generate.

Not even the stock market (as long as the rental leveraged).   

I have long term goals of cash flowing for retirement.

I've enjoyed listening to Bigger Pockets for a long time and just purchased my first home.

Not that there's anything wrong with that, just so long as you're prepared to do the work.