Good call on potentially adding in the storage as a free bonus. 

I am only looking to find 2-3 properties a year, anything else I would wholesale as a bonus.

Let’s start off with the “I’m not a lawyer, just a pretty well rounded landlord in Lakeland, FL” That’s an interesting question... while  “suggestion of Bankruptcy” is a typical defense in foreclosure cases against mortgage companies, I haven’t seen it used in rentals before (myself)... but that action does usually stay pending litigation, so I could see how it could work - IN THE SHORT TERM.  

FWIW an s-corp is used for running "active businesses" where a default state of the typical LLC is tax wise pass through to your personal 1040, the ideal scenario for holding rentals;  in a pass through LLC, where taxes pass through to your 1040 schedule E for rentals.Rental tax regs are actually quite simple for the Schedule E, even the newer 179, di-minimus, and bonus depreciation.  

Close enough to home for you to oversee easily (one-day round-trip preferred)9.

Some companies like Flyhomes offer livable wage salary and bonuses for closed deals and you should be getting anywhere from 5-15 quality leads a month.

I ended up learning everything in the month after I finished the course by taking Prep Agent (which I highly recommend to study for the exam) - I passed on my first go round. 

Bonus unemployment added $300 to $600 per week, plus there will be three rounds of stimulus payments by the time mortgages come due. 

Once you have hit your 10 limit, you would then move on to either Non-QM  / portfolio loans, or you refinance most of your properties into a commercial blanket loan, thereby freeing up your Fannie Mae  / Freddie Mac slots for a new round of 10 loans.The caveat is that when you do the Non-QM / portfolio or the commercial blanket loans, that you are not required to have a personal guarantee on those loans, otherwise if they require a personal guarantee, then the still count in the 10 financed property rule.

But I think your on the right track being licensed is a major bonus if your going to be very active and especially if your going to flip..