It's in my pocket inside a neoprene holster, which hides the outline very well. 

I loved the way you outlined the beginning of your investing career.  

.- Create an LLC - Finalize my business to plan to present to potential investors and outline how I believe the future business will be successful - Set up a team.

We have such sharp outlined segregation in some areas, it will be intersting to see how these market forces will deal with that. 

And it was a great start to a relationship that is still alive years later.On the other hand: I had a licensed broker recommended by an investor friend in Indianapolis, flew out there to look at the market and meet him, partnered with a local to me friend who had done local flips (that was my first flip, but I was no REI novice) and has an advanced accounting degree, also had the friend vet the broker and each property he brought to our consideration for a flip, finally agreed on a specific property after months of turning down others, signed a very specific (our attorney-drawn) contract that outlined project management responsibilities by the broker, kept in touch through the (delayed) process (and numerous excuses that - at that time - did not seem unreasonable,) flew out there again when the rehab was completed (and found a bunch of issues “on the surface” that he quickly addressed,) only to eventually lose a lot of money through the broker’s apparent negligence and downright fraud...

Would be super helpful if you shared back..... outlined at a high level your acquisitions, how you did your deals, and approximate numbers.

Exercise patience and discipline.This Google doc (courtesy of Garrett White) outlines some prudent strategies to consider:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-3rYb2SpPwyWbOahzQWqWU-ayktwRXrTA7tphLr55KgHAPPY HUNTING!

This book in Chapter 9 outlines this guys top real estate principles.  

The S-corp was my thought for the tax reasons you have outlined.  

@David Hodge, Hello, your post and the replies outline the problem worldwide at this time.