I talked to my local independent agent for advice. 

Are you suggesting a seller should consider having independent policy?

This may not be screaming deal, but I am 25 years old and I have done my research to ensure that my first crack at this journey towards financial independence will be profitable.

You can call the bluff on fake orders... although you are right they happen often.You can independently verify by calling the primary directory for the installation and requesting contact information for the Public Affairs Officer of your tenant’s unit.

So, now after joining BP and reading blogs from other FI sites, I realize that independence from the cubicle is something that is possible but 1 or 2 properties might not do that.

My wife's work is location independent (online) and we have a 1-and-a-half year old.

Make yourself step up to the ledge boldly and with practice it will get easier and easier and you will get more and more confident.Only we can hold ourselves back.Seems you are in a great position to get far so my advice is stop holding yourself back, else you will look back 10 years from now and you still have not made the leap, while the rest of us will have moved onto financial independence, years out of the rat race.PS.Get the book, at $20, it is definitely worth it. :)

I am in real estate as an investment and side business as I have a full time job and a rather large family with 5 boys all under 10 years old.My long term goal is financial independence by having a passive income that could replace my current income.

Parent-Child LLC structure:" not as robust as independent LLCs (for risk management), but could be more streamlined reporting and accounting - especially if you have partners.

I'd also once again be financially independent if I paid off my primary residence (I've kept investing proceeds so I go back and forth between being FI and not).