If they aren’t willing to don’t do business with them.

If you are looking to grow and get into REI in a big way, aren't afraid of a bit of risk, want to be actively involved and don't mind getting your hands dirty, I would encourage you to buy multi-families in C/D areas. 

Your properties aren’t going to appreciate a bunch, and I’d look to other markets if that’s your end goal, however there’s a steady rental market in the area that is strong. 

They send the worst third party contractors, authorize the least amount of repairs, and take an unacceptable amount of time to dispatch folks and make decisions on how a repair/replacement is to be handled, while your tenants are without their appliance what seems like FOREVER.

I've done a Robert Kyosaki and Dale Carnegie course/meetup....great authors, entrepreneurs, they're seminars are all garbage. 

That doesn’t scare me and my contractors aren’t worried about it either.

Series LLCs aren’t available in all states so check with your advisors.You didn’t say how much equity you have in each property/LLC but you could possibly reduce the amount of LLCs and with the money saved significantly increase your liability insurance.

Since I am both the agent and the authorized signer for the buyer.

They were authorized to so by Dodd-Frank, which was passed in 2010.

Most retailers, local and national, aren't confident signing a lease before the project is underway and while the economy may be at a high point.