I have been surprised by the rental demand and price in Canby, I would think Oregon city would be pretty easy to rent.

Johnny doesn't need to take title individually as sole owner.

Let me preface this by noting that any of the individuals I would approach would be people I know quite well as I've established business relationships with them over many years at my current place of employment (since they know where I work, they can be assured I'm not going to run away with their money).

Conventional loans, those that meet Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac rules, are only available for properties titled to an individual. 

We are sailors ourselves but availability always seems pretty limited (ie, lots of demand) when we look.

@Surendra Chawla and @Anand Krish I've owned a couple houses in Queen Creek thru the downturn of '08 and the rents increased because of heavy demand for nice SFR homes in the area. 

In DFW for example the typical C Class property is now selling for say $60k per unit but again that still depends on the size of the units and specific location/sub-market/demographics/supply/demand/cap rates in the area.

I can only speak to what my company does specifically but if the state does not require you close in an entity you have the ability to close that way or as an individual.

Anything outside of this will be based on each individual block or two within the neighborhood.

The timing to sell all the properties individually and find a replacement or several replacement properties could be cumbersome.