Airbnb is a bigger time commitment, but I have found interacting with guests is more enjoyable than interacting with tenants.

I have my LLC in Virginia but trying to buy a property in Maryland, is it preferred tax wise to have another LLC in MD .

If SFH house hack, 3-5% down conventional is my preferred way.

He got some great local financing with a low interest rate through my preferred lender.

I would prefer the state actually enforce this to keep people from illegally brokering RE but I have never seen it enforced by any municipalities.

I still prefer to work with someone a  reliable GC who can be my eyes and ears on the ground.

Also, the offerer wanted me to use their preferred lender who couldn't approve me even when I had a pre-approval for significantly higher amount from another lender, we wasted 2 weeks with the offerer's preferred lender.

Offerer wanted me to use their preferred lender for no reason, I went with my lender who had me preapproved.

Yes, $45K is plenty to invest into a SFR home or a (2-4 unit) preferably by living in one of the units. 

We considered forming an LLC and sharing capital that way, but we know that lenders prefer to loan to individuals rather than LLCs with no income.