All the best!

Wishing you the best of luck on your investment journey!

As long as everything is recorded correctly and all documentation is done, there are ways to do this. 

Or at a local real estate meet-up is another great option.3) IMO (duplex, triplex, quadplex) are best, butttt in some areas supply is limited.

If a couple divorces and there is real estate with a mortgage involved, what is the best way to divide the asset?

You local commercial brokers who have experience in that market would be the best ones to talk to. 

My question is should I make a point of meeting these tenants in person to give them the keys when they get to the area, or just provide them the keys the same way via the lockbox?

I can give equity/share to the seller on the new LLC used to bought the property this way he will loose nothing.

They come from a good place of wanting to make connections or get help, but the way you make your request in the forums can open you up to a lot of pitching if you are not careful.

C-Corps usually aren't a preferred structure for real estate.I know that with a self directed IRA all of the income has to come back to the IRA - read another way - you can't take the profits from your investments and access them today (so no passive income that you can utilize in the near term).