(I understand this may just be a term you used, but if your agent is a Realtor, I would question their ability to handle your listing at this scale and price point).2.

Some sponsors tried to mitigate the risk with interest rate caps but these can't handle unlimited rate rises, and some found that their strategy blew up on them. 

And the one time we did get sued by a tenant the LLC never  came into play (slip and fall on ice that the tenant won a nice settlement on from our insurance company, insurance company handled it all). 

Hey Quentin, It sounds like you’re in a solid position to start your real estate investment journey, especially with the equity you’ve built up in your home and your ability to handle renovations.

You need physical office space to conduct closings and handle paperwork2.

Also confirm that county maintenance liens are added to the tax debt.Fourth, you can contact your county ordinance department, usually those who handle house condemnations and mowing liens, and provide them with the property tax number, photos of the violation with a complaint from the named neighbor about the risk. 

I guess the Tenant was being picky about it and I told the PM to handle it professionally.

Would your rental income cover all of that, and if not would you have reserves on hand to handle that?

We are in the middle of major infrastructure and RE growth (res and comm) and need to know how best to handle the property we are on from both a short time and potential long term investment perspective.

As another poster mentioned, there are already financial risks in the ways in which we handle money, therefore; why are investors going to look at crypto currencies any differently than any of those?