He has tons on real estate investing. with a strong emphasis on tax minimization and asset protection.

If you are paying more than 7% on your loan you are losing money on a 7% cap rate transaction.I think you should look at this a little different.1.

It's the factor of losing part of the control over the team that is most concerning to me.

So I am not losing out to much on the depreciation of a 25K house.1.

At current rents the property would lose $315/mo. 

You are going to lose major money renting it out.

They began losing sight of the math behind an investment and simply bought whatever they could because they could always sell it for more later.

Lenders have nothing to lose signing up a broker. 

With Austin being a hot market, you could lose out on a lot of appreciation.If you wanted to get some numbers to think through the different scenarios and tax implications, I would recommend consulting with an accountant/CPA!

Your rate would be above 6%+ with the current DSCR rates and losing the 3.875% rate obviously isn't ideal.