The real test of a lender to loan you in pure entity, is to apply without your SSN in all documentation you send them only EIN, that is the only way to know that they are lending you to your entity and not based on your personal, and of course, NO INDEMNITY CLAUSE whatsoever.

You may be thinking purely of the property-finding aspect, but there's a lot more to consider.First off, as an unrepresented buyer, the only sellers who will take you seriously are usually going to be FSBO's, who may not know any better, or scumbags who know they can take wild advantage of you - any listing agent worth their salt is going to see an unrepresented buyer as a tremendous liability and amount of work for themselves and their seller. 

Which many times results in a flood of tenants moving in/iout at the same time,  pure stress.  

I'm curious, on a pure financial basis, what is a realistic rate of pyramiding for homes in this range?

Continuing to work 9-5 will be purely optional soon, if you're not there already.  

Experience,pure and simple.Always have a GC with you for your first dozen times you look at properties and write down everything they say about how much money per square foot it would cost to repair or replace the bones(roof,plumbing,electrical,foundation)and upgrade redecorating costs.After a while it will come naturally to you and you won't need a GC by your side every minute during evaluations.

Things like the bath sink have nicotine stains but the vanity itself is ok.

Its purely getting together for some networking, food and drinks.....No Gurus, No Pitching, and that's been quite a successful model.

@Rico Saldana For my first one, I am looking to house-hack (cut my expenses to near living for free rather than pure investment/cash-flow).

Tub refinishing is almost purely cosmetic.