The more you practice investing makes pulling the trigger on the right property so much easier and successful.The bad news:  you'll always be in a learning mode as an investor. 

Expert trolling triggering political rants on whatever the TV/Radio told us to be mad about today.

So, A couple months ago I pulled the trigger and purchased my first SFR rental property in Kansas City Missouri.

Not to be harsh, but your numbers look off to me.

Thanks for your advice you guys I've had a few opportunities to acquire smaller complexes and hesitated pulling the trigger on the deals and missed what I see now were some great deals

Among sirens, dog barking and "human words", I am not sure which is the best to deter intruders once the motion detector is triggered. 

Actionable takeaways:Learn the Psychological triggers that get us to buy Have faces on your website.

As far as financing I know many investors will purchase properties in their personal names and then transfer them into a Land Trust (this does not trigger the same red flags for the due-on-sale clause as transferring directly to an LLC,) then assigning the [Series] LLC as the beneficiary.

We always underwrite every deal for a 9 month hold and if the numbers work at 9 months we pull the trigger on an offer and go from there.

Since the structure is a Trust and not an LLC, it does not trigger the Franchise tax.