.- Owner must sign a Hold Harmless to indemnify us against any potential tenant lawsuits relating to the work their contractor is doing.--- Another lawsuit resulted from owner's contractor taking down basement handrail to get supplies down the steps, then they didn't put it back and tenant fell down the stairs.- We also negotiate a reasonable completion date, depending on the Scope Of Work (SOW). --- Who gets all the phone calls and wastes time calming a tenant down because the owner's contractor doesn't show up as scheduled after they took time off from work or a 3 day job takes 3 weeks?

With the purchase, the rehab, the closing costs and the holding costs (hard money, taxes, insurance, utilities) our all in is around $200,000, but we have created $40,000 in equity.

I am a buy and hold investor.

So while moving back into it for 2 years does bring the 121 exclusion back into play, that exclusion is reduced based on the percentage of Non Qualified usage over the holding period.  

Originally posted by @Danae Meurer: @Steven Hamilton II We do not hold anything through an LLC.

Either way, with rent and price appreciation, tax benefits, holding long term is a net worth exploder.

It’s ideal for investors with some experience in real estate who are comfortable managing renovations and dealing with tenants.If you're a beginner, you might want to start with a simpler buy-and-hold strategy or partner with experienced investors who can guide you through the BRRRR process.

I flipped and did some buy and hold when I lived in Florida.   

But, if a cost-seg study is done on the old property, you can manage Sec. 1245 recapture tax by doing a study on the new property to confirm it has as much or more Sec. 1245 property.You cannot swap a fully depreciated gas station for a raw piece of land and avoid recapture - you must replace all the 1245 and 1250 property.3) OZ - Sure you can defer your capital gains for a few years into an OZ fund, but the magic of OZ investments is the ability to achieve tax-exempt growth after a 10-year holding period.

Dave Ramsey probably wouldn’t approve, but it’s how I was able to scale up to 29 buy n hold SFR.