I love empowering other women to feel confident and achieve their greatest potential, something I find myself doing within my close network frequently.

But, the asset protection trying to be obtained by the LLC comes with a great deal of costs, from a variety of factors.In your case, if you are going to hold short term or at least live there until you sell, you won’t have the benefit of the sec121 capital gains tax exclusion.Financing it usually more expensive under LLC since you need a commercial loan, which means all the residential loan products are off the table for you.The big kicker I always bring up is to achieve and maintain the corporate veil for asset protection, you need to run the LLC as a separate business, separate from your personal activities.

What is the best way to get stated and achieve success in real estate investing with minimal capital. 

Some sponsors are looking for once-in-a-lifetime investments and are seeking to deploy limited capital optimally. 

Might not necessarily be the "most optimal" way necessarily but I would just pay for school without taking loans if I could and pay that car off as well and hopefully you are making more money after all this and can save a bit more and faster.Good luck

I just turned 26 and am hungry to make the next step to grow my portfolio and achieve financial freedom.

Partner with someone who has a solid track record and you can mitigate that risk in order to achieve the best risk-adjusted returns in real estate -- not to mention the economies of scale and superior tax advantages. 

With a 4/2 you could probably achieve 100% of the home rental value.

@Ashley Mitchell I love your attitude and optimism!

An asset optimizing loan is great as well as cash flowing property loan.