Over the past 15 years, it has served as a great vehicle for saving money due to its automated nature.

Admittedly, our internal thought process has been a bit more subjective in nature and is only being shared here privately with fellow investors in the context of helping us screen tenants to place in our first rental unit. 

Depends largely on the area, and sometimes the nature of the shingle.

Long-term hold LOs and SLOs principals stay in natural persons name, acting above board, sans 'sophistication'.Lender's and title don't like anonymity, what they don't understand or lots of moving parts plain and simple. 

I found this article - " house price expectations were less exuberant in the early to mid 2000s, as Texans recalled the significant correction in the late 1980s that followed the mid-1980s oil price bust." which partially explained our softer hit from the GFC. 

Avenues such as replacing the single 1982 oil burner with a higher efficiency boiler or possibly 5 separate mini splits.

That being said, I also happen to be an engineer so putzing around with numbers and spreadsheets is really much more second nature to me. 

@Justin Windham I thought that's what that was, I think it would only be natural to aim for an IRA LLC when the time comes.

Just found out this property is undergoing oil seepage remediation and there may be additional seepage in the basement.

Also, finding a mentor typically comes more naturally than to just straight up asking for one.