I prefer paper for pension accounts and shut down my Mother's modest account after her death, but this was specific to my own tax and estate planning objectives.I'd be careful to incorporate advice you get on a free public forum.

I am looking for SFR for buy and hold with positive cash flow (prefer 300+/mth).  

My preference is end-end security via SSL (data in transit), with locally secure servers (data at rest) allowing MD5 or SHA-based encryption (using PHP 'hash' function) and administration (data in use) via cloud-based services over SSL connections.

You just move on to the next one and keep making offers that fit your preferred ROI.

If you listen to the podcasts and interact in the forums you're going to get an education worth thousands of dollars. 

@Alex BalanLook for rentals listed in the area you're considering, then find comparable rentals in comparable quality neighborhoods of other locations, preferably locations you're familiar with.  

Therefore- you need two different entities, two different bank accounts (preferably two different banks altogether).

I'm going to assume it's all personal preference but I'd like to hear people's reasons for one path or the other.

This seems like a great forum and I look forward to interacting with the many members here.

My budget is preferably less than 140k.