But when you own rental property, there are numerous categories of expenses - non-separated utilities that you as the owner might have to pay, vacancy, repairs, lawncare, property management, taxes, insurance, turnover / showing costs, etc. - and mortgage / financing is just one of them.  

I can invest in numerous other areas.

"To know and not do, is to not know" -- one of my favorite quotes from Neo–Confucian philosopher Wang YangmingBefore I bought my first rental, I read Rich Dad Poor Dad, The Millionaire Real Estate Investor, Build A Rental Property Empire, BRRRR, The Book on Rental Property Investing— numerous books.

It took a pandemic for a lot of folks to wise up to the dead end residency in urban America.

Since I am out of state investing, its not as easy as asking the tenants if a security deposit was collected and the selling agent has been asked numerous times to retrieve this information but to no avail.Any suggestions would be appreciated.

I like them listed by the address then in numerical order.Renters in houses do not like the name and ask why I would use a site for apartments with houses.

While I'm not a CPA and this question is best suited for one, there are numerous ways to have the organization of LLC's work in your favor.With two separate EIN's and two LLC's, these are (to the best of what I can suggest as a Realtor, not a CPA!)

This causes new suburbs to be built further and further out from urban core. 

Airbnbs started out in urban areas which is not your typical vacation destination.

New Braunfels is essentially an ex-urban part of San Antonio's market.