Well the great socialistic republic of Oregon has just about killed value add with state wide rent control  Don’t feel too bad about rent control killing value add.

Follow up questions that could demonstrate your intent would be things like "What is your normal business practice?" 

I was not looking to build a stable of rentals I just wanted to get control like you probably do.. fix and sell and make my money and move on.

Every day I look at the MLS, Zillow, auction.com, hudhomestore.com and many other resources just to gain the understanding of the area and practice running numbers.

If you can't keep control your finances, you are highly unlikely to succeed in real estate investing.

I was thinking starting with a turnkey provider would be a good way to start and get my feet wet but I also think that trying to do it myself would have a better (or worse) ROI.I’m a teacher on spring break this coming week, so I plan to call as many turnkey providers and practice running the numbers on as many properties as possible to try to figure out the answers to these questions myself.

Through reading it seems there is a hard limit of 5 loans, but practically you can only get 3 loans. 

You always have control and nobody else, not even your attorney, can manage or sell your property except for you.If you need to prove ownership for financing or any other reason, you simply produce your company documents as well as your banking and accounting records.

Practical not over the top, and saves your place.

But you have Hawkins Village practically right across the street which is notorious for shootings even though the police troll through that area heavily on purpose.