I am interested in pursuing the legal structure of creating a land trust that owns the investment property and the land trust is within a WY LLC.I have spoken to NCH, but I was wondering if any of you have recommendations of other companies that can help setup this structure for houses outside of WY.Thanks in advance**I am NOT looking for comments on why this is useless, unnecessary etc.

Are you finding the deal, are you managing the deal (filling the units, taking care of the maintenance calls, making sure rent is collected), are you funding the deal or going 50/50 on profits and losses. 

Missing these dates can result in financial losses and jeopardize the entire deal.

Why we don’t like ARR (Average Rate of Return)It’s easy to skew the numbers.Here's an example of a positive ARR of 12.5%, but the investment loss is $50.Year 1 Start Value: $100 End Value: $25 Annual Return: -75%Year 2 Start Value: $25 End Value: $50 Annual Return: 100% ARR = 12.5%Am I missing something here?

Would depreciation on the equipment lower your taxable income, or do you already have tax losses to offset?

If the annual appreciation far outweighs the annual cash flow losses, it may be worth holding. 

The depreciation, repairs, and mortgage interest from the property renting will surely create a paper loss and help our somewhat high salary’s tax liability which is great.With the same thought, selling would do the exact opposite but would leave me with a chunk of change in my pocket.

It is unfortunately one of the biggest misconceptions amongst new investors and leads to unnecessary start up expenses.

This can protect your other investments should you have a loss in one.

Between now and then you can really crunch the numbers on rent vs. costs and decide how much negative you can stomach....at worst you still decide to sell in the spring and maybe it's a $40K loss instead of your current estimate.