@Drew Greene Welcome - and thank you for your service. 

The LLC may be a different tax payer but still be a related party to you which raises it's own set of 1031 issues. 

You can use friends and family to raise the down payment in exchange for a good interest rate on their money then use a PL or HML for the remainder.

I was born and raised in Dallas, Texas.I'm now 61 years old and have been involved in real estate for about 35 years. 

For example, if a two bedroom one bath will work you can probably find a four plex that will cash flow in a neighborhood that will work.If you need or desire three bedrooms, two bath, a garage and 2,000 sf it is going to be hard to find an investment property to live in and draw rental income from as well without going into areas where you do not want to raise your children.Feel free to message me if you would like to discuss specific areas and opportunities.

Raising rent $25 on 25 pads vs 100 pads is a difference of $22,500 at a cap rate of 10% you created $222K with $0 additional investment.

Curious on if their services are worth it. https://realeflow.comThanks! 

Another challenge was to raise "X" of dollars in a savings account to cover a years worth of living expenses etc..My next challenge is to see what i can do first..1) Double the profits of my entertainment business2) Earn $9,000/month in net cash flow from Real Estate (not counting the investment property I already own)Here's what I'm planning to do in Real Estate...please chime in with any thoughts and/or let me know if we can work together.

If you moved then rent up from $600 per side towards $700 per side that very quickly gets you near a 20% CAP, which is excellent.As a matter of interest, if you take out your property management costs, and manage your self, you're at 19% CAP without raising rent.

The debt service just eats the deal alive..