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What kind of account or vehicle would you suggest to start saving down payment money for my first rental property?

I can also see the ends of the Commuter Rail lines being good too...like Haverhill for instance  The Salem/Beverly area is great and pretty pro-development/housing from what I'm hearing.

Paying for vehicles or gas = ?

We're never going to erase class in any capitalistic system so the best you can do is put up some basic guard rails and let the market do what it does.  

Or subs or property managers who run off the rails. 

A self-directed IRA or 401k can be a great vehicle for loaning money to others without getting hit with taxes on the interest income.

If your padsplit residents have vehicles that can cause parking issues.

I use a schedule E and do not have an LLC or business name, so can I purchase the vehicle under my personal name and take section 179?

To throw a wrench into things, if we were talking about real property/structures that were being short term rented, it's possible/likely that your depreciation period would be 39 years, not 27.5.However, a vehicle - which is what an RV is, regardless of how you're using it - is 5 year property.