I am a new real-estate investor looking at flipping properties in a higher end neighborhood. I was hoping someone with some experience would be able to answer a few questions I have, such as: What kind of deal finding...

I doubt seriously that you are properly reporting income on your tax return. 

If the LLC is wholly owned by you or your spouse, but not both, then you still get to report this possible 1031 exchange on a single joint tax return.

@Micah Huffman unless you are going to commit to learning some basics about being a landlord AND are willing to commit at least 2-4 hours each month managing a Property Management Company - it's probably best you sell.Otherwise, it's highly likely you could lose more due to bad tenants and management.

We own 3 other rental properties that have a 6.5%-7.5% APR, and no credit card debt or any other high interest debt to pay off.

For the last example, you spend $3K to put all the mailers out, so you would spend $3,000 to get a return of $20,000..

For example, Almost every day I perform a “risk adjusted return” analysis on potential debt and equity investments we’re contemplating.  

I'm currently diving into some older BiggerPockets content from around 2015, specifically The Book on Rental Property Investing by Brandon Turner. A few chapters in, I can't help but wonder—do the strategies outlined ...

This implies that one of the “clients” paying Norada Capital Management a high enough interest rate to justify the returns promised to investors is Mr.

Can you make a higher return than what the interest rate on the HELOC?