There are third-party admin people that can help you set up and administer your solo 401k for a relatively inexpensive fee it's about $300 a year I currently use one company to do the same for my self-directed Roth IRA.I'm looking to go with the 401 option because I can do a 100% contribution up to $20,500 now.that's just a little over my net in one month on my rentals.

If you are interested in a market like KC there are some good options for you here.

They currently pay $1350/mo for the rental.Are there any creative options for making this work or something we're missing? 

Richmond is a wonderful place for real estate investing, with its expanding economy, variety of neighborhoods, and affordable property prices compared to bigger cities.If you want to further your real estate investment journey in Richmond, it's important to stay informed about market trends, connect with fellow investors, analyze properties thoroughly, consider various financing options, diversify your portfolio, manage your properties effectively, and stay well-informed about real estate investment strategies.

1. probably the easiest and least complex options - also should not be really any more cost than opening a single member entity tbh...ensure that dissolution clauses are properly drafted for you both being on title2. for one rental property, this is overkill (although there are many people that will say you need to do this...the maintenance and cost of a trust for one rental property is likely not profitable) 3. personal name with good insurance policy if you're worried about liabilityHappy to go over ideas.

Regardless, you sort of need to take two steps at once: A) talk with an attorney to understand your options and nuances of those options and B) start having conversations with people you might think would invest with you to understand if there is any real interest, what they are looking for and if you can realistically offer that to them with what you are doing.Once you have that, then you need to understand underwriting with investor capital, proper fees and profit splits, taxes, reporting, etc.

They found me options and opportunities that I could take action on.  .   

The most accurate would be to scrape the direct source you are looking to retrieve data from.

In short, the S-corp election is made at the entity level, meaning you have a few options.  

I am interested in recommendations for online courses or books (or other sources of information) that people have found useful.