You need to look at your personal risk/reward factor. 

So I bought this house for me as personal residence & did live there the 1st year.

From a tax perspective, an LLC is a disregarded entity (meaning it is reported on your personal tax return) until you elect for the LLC to be treated otherwise.

I personally know 6 people who have quit the W2 jobs around the age of 40 (picked the right properties and benefitted from appreciation)  and age 30 (high income earners who leveraged and scaled quickly) from real estate. 

And/or tell me what to look for in a listing for the type of house you are referring to?

And we've done it with the stock market almost fully recovered back near ATH's, the housing market staying strong despite huge changes to interest rates, etc.Maybe it's all a mirage and one last hurrah to hold on before the big crash everyone has been anticipating finally does come, and I've been a bit of a doom and gloomer myself, but I think if you'd asked a year ago if it were possible to get back to 3% inflation in a year with the stock market within 5% of all-time highs and housing prices still within 5% of the peak every single person would have said it was impossible. 

So personable and he was transparent about every detail we spoke about. 

As someone with vast rental experience in Austin, TX (and a resident of Dayton), I would suggest really conducting a PFS (Personal Financial Statement) ahead of time - if not already done - in order to better assess your purchasing capabilities, then we can dive deeper into the creative methods.Connect with me to discuss when it would be a good time to talk.

By way of example, many of  what I refer to as  "Course Educated GP's" are taught to associate and provide services for legitimate GP's in return for permission to market themselves as a Co-GP.

For the used homes, I ask them to refer them to me if sellers are looking to sell their older, used homes.