Come out to some of the local meetups and rub elbows with some like minded individuals.

You’re off to a great start with the education and beginning to network with local REI individuals.

Should we set up a business to buy our properties under or should we leave them tied to our individual names ?

Plus, their compensation is not directly tied to the outcome of individual assets.

Should we set up a business to buy our properties under or should we leave them tied to our individual names ?

For sake of clarity, this $128Bn is cash (or cash equivalents in accounting terms) owned by Berkshire Hathaway, not the individual himself, and really isn't that exciting of a number when you consider a company like Apple, for example, is holding nearly triple this amount in CCE's.

With multiple adults in a household, each person applies with their background check run individually and some screening companies provide a general assessment of whether a person has a high probability of success as a renter. 

My condo cash-flowed, yet the condo fees here are significant, so you need to evaluate each deal for what it is individually.

Like @Dan V. suggested, the "class" is each individual property.

Did you buy it as an entity or an individual?