We would never recommend that for our clients.

I'd say, if you can renegotiate the purchase price and get the knob and tube replaced I'd recommend it. 

@Jason Khoury I purchased my current residence, a duplex, from a local non-profit about 5 years ago.

So, you can do a land contract for 12 months, which should allow lender to credit you full value of the land vs the purchase price, but the loan will pay off the land contract, so the lender maintains first lien position.Can't help you with the rest of your question, but you should be able to search for "CPA" here on BP to find experts to reach out to.

I took my thrashing as you know in 2020  I do know some of my clients that sell turnkey have been keeping the houses and doing BRRRR instead of selling them to investors that part of the market has slowed signficantly for many in that industry.

Quote from @Devin James: Gross Margin is an important calculation for developers/builders.Gross Margin = Gross Profit / RevenueWe shoot for a 20% gross margin on our New Construction HomesReal #’s:Home Sales Price: $374KClosing Cost: $18,700Cost of Construction: $258KLand Cost: $30KGross Profit = $67K$67K/$374K = 17.9% Gross MarginCame slightly short of our goal of 20%Homes Values and Build Costs are constantly fluctuatingI wish we had a crystal ball build larger homes. average new build in our market is 2200 square feet, 4 beds, 3 baths, 2 car garage and sells for 515k. construction costs lower if design is good and find the median or average home sale price and push that up. my guess is you built too small. 347k is cheap. we target 429-479k price range in columbus ohio for single family homes and also only purchase close to urban core where premiums are 20% higher and we build smaller like 1500 sq ft where price per square foot goes up. 

While adding compliance costs (filings, payroll), this structure is beneficial, especially for larger portfolios.This post does not create a CPA-Client relationship.

When you go to sell, you're subject to tax on the amount of profit between your adjusted basis and sale price, not your purchase vs sale price.Recapture is not repaying the depreciation.

Purchase price: $839,000 Cash invested: $83,900Bought an up/down duplex 4 blocks south of Sloan Lake.

Newly built (2024) duplex in Boiling Springs, SC. List price: 445,000.DP: 89,000
Closing: 8900
Total Invest: 97,900
Projected mortgage: 2500
Rent: 1700 per unit, 3400 total
Taxes: 42
Insur: 263
CapEx: 100Repair...