No matter where you live or where you own assets, I personally recommend the Series LLC to be a great tool for the individual investor who is planning to expand their operation, as it allows for you to scale infinitely for FREE- check out this article to learn more.4th pillar is somewhat similar - you want to separate your operations from your assets.

My goal is to scale as quickly as possible by investing in future properties, so I like the idea of minimizing equity/ principal paydown in the property for the sake of liquidity.

It's not swamp but the grade will be difficult to work with.

Have you found scaling up is a bit more efficient?

It's not a bad idea to invest with a few different operators as well to have first hand experience to provide perspective on where to scale over time. 

As mentioned by @Leslie Anne Morris you should use a PMS system that can scale as well. 

Can scale after building your system3. 

Their success gave us the confidence to jump into the boutique motel space, essentially the same concept on a bit larger scale.  

Until you have a solid NOI coming in every month, the key focus will be to scale. 

You've asked a lot of questions, and you should, but I want to help you focus on a concept if you want to scale.