Other than that, it is really a light doc loan with not many strings attached compared to a conventional mortgage.

I'm not saying you're doing this, but people will often make the mistake of looking into the highest priced rental unit and making that the "market rate" but it's often not a true comparable to the subject.

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.

Through this trust, a Mexican bank holds the title to the property on your behalf, while you retain all ownership rights.

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

Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment.

I know you are dealing with a 3 month lease rather than a 12 month lease, but for example....Say I rent my home for $2,500 per month and have to lower my rate by $100 to find a quality tenant that is a loss of $1,200 over 12 months compared to a loss of $2,500 for each month it remains empty. 

If you just want to do buy and hold, you can purchase a duplex in a B area for around 150-180k with rents at around $2400/mo total.

. -- lots of factors to consider (including your personal strategy), but here are a few high level metrics to compare the most populous zip codes in HuntsvilleWelcome to drop me a message if you are interested in checking out the full report 

Holding is currently challenging.