keep having him come back until it is fixed or until he offers to pay you to go awayonly go after his paperwork if he starts ducking youlet the guy fix his mistake. leaks can be hard to diagnose and often require process of elimination, which takes time and several storms and unfortunately often more damage

The tax benefits from doing this should help reduce or even eliminate capital gains and depreciation recapture upon sale, but again you need competent advisors to set everything up to get the optimal benefits from this strategy. 

I do not understand why you think the elimination of prop 13 would result in better cash flow or a shorter duration to cash flow.  

I purchased all of my properties on 30 year fixed mortgages (no pre-pay penalty).  I've read in many places in the BP forums and elsewhere that I should now aggressively attack the debt I carry with prepayments (debt ...

Congress wants to eliminate 1031 tax loophole.

Since SSA is actuarially neutral, there's no reason to delay entitlement, especially since it'll only pay ~75% of current benefit ~2032, if not reformed.While this seems to eliminate flips, thought I'd test the waters here for ideas on how to keep flipping with compensation, without triggering trouble.

It's those maniacs that buy homes cash via quit claim deed off of craigslist that really get screwed.Make sure your property manager is a licensed real estate brokerage.Understand you can not eliminate all risk, only mitigate it.

Then the property title would be transferred into the LLC, thus giving you checkbook control over this and any other assets you will purchase in it.Here are some of the Checkbook IRA benefits:Ability to execute transaction directly without going through custodian or IRA Administrator, simply by writing a checkEliminate transaction fees and asset based fees (you will need to pick the right custodian with proper fee structure, the company you will chose to do this for you will help you make that selection)Eliminate delays and 'red tape' that often comes with having a custodian handle every single transaction, you can act on best investment opportunities immediatelyHope this helps. 

You could eliminate a couple of people by not being being available on the 1st but I wouldn't sweat it.Try and schedule  couple of open houses before the tenants move out if house shows well with their stuff.

If you relist raise the rents ($1200) to eliminate these applicants and narrow your list to higher quality applicants.