It is like any other legitimate business.

He'll be able to help you construct a plan that will enable you to reach your short-term goals and reap the benefits you'll need to have the resources available to pursue and achieve your long-term goals - it needs to be one master plan.

@Wayne Brooks there could be legitimate reason as to why he only wants a tax break rather than income.

Growth mindset and what that enables. - The fact that there are other revenue streams - Creative Financing strategies that I never thought of before, leveraging others' $$- Deals are not found but created - Knowledge + Systems = GOLDENPlenty more but I think I have enough to get me started on a deal and I have one in mind already!

As always protect the seller / the customer, above all the deal must be win-win.But even making a business out of taking control of RE and assigning, even this is permissable in any volume you'd like in the restrictive Ohio per the Jeff Watson interview of OH RE board members, as long as you don't do certain things and take legitimate control and risk via P&S contract with typical earnest money, (what ever, but more than $10 or $100).  

It is free for landlords and it puts the burden on the tenant to prove it is a legitimate companion animal.

There's a good chance that you could fix the property up and its ARV would enable you to have a 25%-30% equity position allowing you to roll the property into a portfolio loan.  

With the breadth of experience and advice I can get from my dad, I'm processing whether it is a legitimate pursuit.

But, on the point of clouding title:If you have a legitimate contract with the seller to buy (and/or assign to by) a house with a clear expiration date, you're not "playing games."

A follow up question.How can verify that a private lender is "legitimate" ?