The key to it all is maintaining corporate filings and documents, both with the state and internally with the LLC itself, and to document the entire structure with an LLC agreement that is specific to real estate and is not just a generic LLC agreement that you can find online.

I had a mini-storage friend review the below with me and he essentially told me the business wasn't worth anything, that I should just offer to buy the land at market value.

If employers search online before hiring someone, landlords should absolutely search before renting to someone too. 

Any Wisconsin friends out there have a review or opinion on local investing groups.

Not a criteria I'm interested in and not something I review as to sway my analysis on a property.

Not that location *necessarily* matters, but would it help to take some online real estate inspection courses for Florida (if they exist) to make sure I know what to look for when making purchases down there?

The same goes with guest reviews. 

The law's on BPO's vary by state and some only allow a broker/agent to do them in the chance of getting a listing versus actual payment.Also the broker/agent unless a principal owner should review their IC ( independent contractor) agreement with the brokerage.

We've reviewed several thousand depreciation schedules prepared by CPAs and we've yet to see one that is 100% correct. 

ok i was just wondering as a first time home buyer would this be a big mistake going online and using websites like Trulia zillow etc to look for my house and just contact that listing agent and set up a meeting to look at the house and if i like just buy it at the listing price?