The most common way I have seen (and only way, frankly, in my LP investments) is: from a tax perspective every dollar sent to investors is considered a distribution, and thereby reduces taxable basis and defers taxes owed on those distributions.Internally, the sponsors classify every dollar paid up to the pref rate as a return ON capital, so as not to reduce the capital balance and pref owed.  

I've googled and viewed various property management companies; however, the reviews are largely from the perspective of the renter, which is great and all, but not very helpful in understanding the buyers experience as it pertains to analysis, remote buying, remodeling and lease up.

That puts things into perspective. 8k-10k per mailout, doesnt that end up being very costly?

E.g. iLevel (if running a fund), or the Yardi / ResMan platform (not very nice from an IR perspective, also minimal data analytics)The above are just a few of the items you will need (and might be already using). 

From a 1031 perspective any QI with a national footprint can help you out. 

BRRRR is a great strategy, but from my perspective, the whole point of it is to walk away from the refinance with most of the cash you invested so you can repeat. 

This tends to give our clients information from various different perspectives.

From a tax perspective (and doing your LLC filings), just keep good records of what belongs to what so it can tie out nicely at the end of the year. 

Just for perspective:-In 2016 we lost ~37,000 people to car accidents in the U.S. 

@Clifford R Fowles and Lisa,You should approach it from your long term investing approach perspective. 1) Determine what your long term real estate investing goals and where you see yourself X many years from now. 2) This will help you determine your niche. 3) Then take the time to educate yourself on this niche. 4) This is where you can decide how to leverage your "connector" skill.Hope this makes sense!