The length of time the deed takes to get recorded with the county which has also slowed the process of getting the water transferred to my name and 2.

Fourth choice finance with a deed transfer and recorded mortgage.

Domicile: WA State (income tax free)Property location (Texas): (income tax free)LT gains + Depreciation recapture ~ $300k on a $500k income property ~effective / average tax rate = 12% for past umpteen yrs (relatively low income, avoiding IRMAA and doing Roth rolls (no 'realized' income, just transferring from tIRA to Roth = vast majority of annual MAGI income)In the end (coming soon, ~17 yrs) ALL remaining estate will go to charities / Charitable Foundation / DAF.

Some leases are written to NOT be transferable.

I setup an LLC for my purposes of renting my first home and I am wondering if I need to transfer my mortgage / title of my first home into my LLCs name instead of my wife and my personal names. (1) Is it required for me to transfer the ownership of my first home to my new LLC?

You do care, especially about the use of the money, but that’s a separate topic.Your loan expenses, such as wire transfer and loan doc fees, will be paid by the borrower and reimbursed to you from the closing statement.

After closing, one of the tenants said that they gave the previous (before this seller) a security deposit and that the seller recognized that their deposit was transferred to him.

The same analysis noted above does not account for settlement costs on the exit which is customarily 6%-9% of the sales price depending on local brokerage fee and transfer tax norms.2.

Existing contracts transfer with the sale of the property.

Anderson Business Advisors claim that this is a solid plan, but I've had a WY attorney also say the statutory trust will not transfer well to our CA properties.