If you want true asset protection, hire a property manager and make sure your attorney reviews that contract and get proper insurance. 

We bought a property out of state and that was extremely difficult to manage even with family and friends that were local and could help.As a property manager, we had an investor bring us 50 properties that he was self-managing.

With that level of capital you could acquire & manage the assets & tax issues without the restrictions of the REIT structure.

Your local apartment owner association is a great resource for best practices for management and screening tenants.

I was just working on a referral program to help us get acquire new property management clients.

We tried renting out our first home when we bought our current one and had to sale because we could not manage it well.

I am wondering if I can go directly to property management companies and buy HOA liens?

Hello, before I give my story, my wife and I are looking for a 1-2 bedroom apartment we have a monthly budget of 1750, we both have poor credit, my wife Ariana, Graduated from Brown University last year, she will be 48 in May this year and is currently an Operations Manager II at kent hospital through Sodexo, she makes 75k a year, and approximately 4500 after taxes a month, she has no criminal history, as to our poor credit, we had to choose between paying our rent and electricity during covid, or pay our credit cards, we have never missed a rent payment, and have lived in the same residence for the last 4 years with no issues, we are looking for an apartment because our landlord wants to renovate his building. with that said...I am writing to proactively disclose information that may appear on a background check.In 2009, I was involved in an incident that resulted in a felony charge.

His mother manages our Tulsa rentals :) He has one other Tulsa property, that he has had since before we met.

They source deals, project manage the rehab and do property management as well.