The new one's are pretty cheap and let you put all your properties into separate liability compartments which really supplement the insurance a lot more cost effectively than having a bunch of separate LLC's. https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/the-traditional-llc-vs-the-series-llc-which-is-better-for-real-estate-investors/

In your situation, I might recommend looking at a non-traditional financing option for short-term acquisition & rehab, then get the property leased up and do a cash-out refi for a 30-year fixed option.

Hard money isn't regulated and some lenders are more payday loan than a reasonable substitute for private money and traditional financing.

Traditional financing, hard money?

Be sure that you highlight that "selling your house can be easier than you think" with the advantages of working directly with you instead of the more traditional route.

The judge comes to understand that you're not a tool with money, and that you're not going to go to court over a childish, prim contract squabble but over something where someone is clearly in the wrong (the tenant) and someone is clearly in the right (you).By traditional measures, I don't live in an LL-friendly state, but over time, as I have shown that I understand what I do and I'm not a tool with some money, things have gone my way.

I'm loathe to deal with a traditional bank just because of the strident lending conditions that are involved.

I'm not the traditional salesman type, which I'm seeing get brought up here, and my background is in operations and, oddly enough, sales.I do have a degree and that degree got me in the door to work under the top-producing Agent in my market and learn from him. 

One company owns everything and does nothing (this is your SLLC a/k/a “asset holding company”) and a completely separate company handles all of your operations (this is a traditional LLC a/k/a “operating company”) For the operating company which serves as your face to the world and through which you do all your business, you establish a Traditional LLC to carry out the operations of your investments.

Depending on the area, Townhomes can be just as, if not more, profitable than traditional SFR.