Subsequent scoping of the main line (and multitudinous other testing) revealed 17 feet of standing water in the main sewer line underneath my property extending under the adjoining property.   

3) Any subsequent real asset purchases (home #2, home #3, Home #4) all come with the benefit of being purchased with those tax free dollars (from sale or dividends [rents]).

Since my agent also was dual role as my psieudo property manager, she picked up all those leads and got tons of transactions, and the subsequent transactionsBut, if you have no interest in being a salesperson, might not be worth it for you.

We flipped them ALL as lease-to-owns & they were subsequently rehabbed & rented by those who took them over.

Using the LLC-to-personal loan strategy establishes a mortgage on the property from your LLC to you personally and essentially just makes any subsequent refinance a traditional refinance where the seasoning period is not a concern.

First 2 with my bank had to wait 12 months, then magically that requirement was dropped on subsequent mortgages. 

I’m caught between two minds now, I will like to stick to my original goal but I feel I could do better with my subsequent rental property in terms of home specification (Br, baths etc) and location.

There have been several houses I've chosen not to pursue due to high voltage wires in the vicinity, and subsequent strong EMFs. 

@Michael Gabin The markets were volatile from news about supply chain disruption from the virus... what caused the plunge was the price of oil cratering (banks are hedged on oil... so that's not good for our economy). 

For example, my day job is in tech and I pay myself a modest salary and my company (I own it) pays for things like my cars etc etcI get the basic precepts of a) (expense & depreciate everything allowed etc etc) -- but if you are too successful in that, when it comes time to finance your next deal, doesn't the lender beat you up about not having enough income and subsequently make it harder to qualify for debt for larger deals?