You can argue that you can elect S-crop to avoid SE tax, but you gotta first pay a reasonable salary to your self and that is subject to SE tax.  

They, in turn, argued that $300/month is not worth the headache of being a landlord.I'm curious what other investors think?

I would argue he's smarter than the average person on YouTube or BiggerPockets podcasts, yet he lost everything.

I look for ABC locations then overlap it with the AS IS AB or C property (which can be lower or higher) than end up with a finished product A B or C.So of course you want to look for a B or lower in a A location not a B or higher in a C location.

I'm certainly not going to argue with you.

Maybe that is true, even if I personally find the story extremely dubious.And maybe I am being overly caution and someone could argue that where there is smoke there is not always fire.

The purpose of setting up a LLC is to simply add a layer of liability protection on your assets (some would argue even that is not necessary, because as it says "limited liability" - so:1.

Even if you don't agree, people have trouble arguing when you agree with them.

I would argue the demand for single family homes in Killeen is a lot higher than Temple, inventory is very slim and population is always stable, military people who get re stationed are just replaced.

Because one could argue that even though the property costs less, the fact that it is in a worse neighborhood with potentially worse tenants could subject you to more and worse problems.