Send him a letter, emphasize that you are personally yourself the end-buyer, include proof of funds, include something attesting to you being financeable (unless your proof of funds is for the full cash purchase price).If he owns 20 local businesses, good chance he's in at least one chamber of commerce, and if he's not, he 100% knows people that are, who will spill the beans and offer to do an intro if you mention you're interested in buying a gas station over a beer or a meal (there's probably like 3 people in that city that fit this description, why not get introduced to all 3?)

If rent is not paid we follow up personally.

Also, while I've read some horror stories about assessed value increases, our personal portfolio came out relatively unscathed during this recent batch of tax bills.

One of the complexes was over 1,000 units, I even went to see it in person, very nice, well kept, and great condition and great location.

DIY Cost seg is backed by a real person and he'll make edits to your report or fix any errors, so that is why I switched over to DIY.

I personally have invested in a couple syndications in the last 3 years and none have been completed yet.

I plan to hand write the letter to keep it personable and local.

On a separate note, if my personal home and all my business is in the state of Michigan at this point, would there be any benefit to designing the business as a series outline or simply a parent/child LLC set up where the parent LLC would be created in a more tax advantaged state such as TX, WY, NV etc?

This tenant is a great example of why they should never have a personal cell phone. 

If you can't keep control of your personal finances, you are highly unlikely to succeed in real estate investing.