You could go into NJ (although the cost to play is high in Northern, but the rents can be very nice), or you could bypass and head into PA near Delaware Water Gap and get low taxes and good renter options.

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What's the most efficient way to achieve these goals?

You’d stalk the watering hole.I don’t care who you are; your *** will beat that watering hole at some point TODAY.Now, keep that thought.Let's talk about lists: the foreclosure list, absentee owners list probate list…What is a list anyway?

Does one include heat and water versus the other that is separately metered?  

.- Insights on the best practices for structuring these entities for optimal asset protection and tax efficiency.- Any potential pitfalls to watch out for during this process.If anyone has navigated a similar setup or has referrals to professionals who can help, I would be extremely grateful for your input!

The other key to this property is it has city water and sewer at the lot lines which would obviously be cheaper than well and septic + has electrical just next door. 

I have many years of construction experience and have also done a fix and flip, in addition to ground up construction, as well as 10 years of entrepreneurial experience running a paddle board rental company, and advancing science through developing theoretical methods for efficient large scale simulations...I guess my problem is I can't seem to figure out how to find the money to do more projects, which is why I've been trying to sell my house.

Good afternoon fellow investors,I just closed on my first rental property, which consists of a main house with 3 attached smaller units (efficiencies) - this is very normal in this area- , everything is on one meter.The previous owner used to live in the main house and therefore all utilities were included in the smaller units's rent payments.

So find the right contractor for the job and get it done quickly and efficiently.