I own a mortgage company and 99% of our borrowers do close their rental properties under their LLC.

Investor in California here trying to diversify my portfolio and start investing in a different state.  

 I have been researching and browsing through bigger pockets and different real estate investment info but haven’t pulled the trigger on anything.

If so, they can sell within 2 years and not pay capital gains taxes on the sell of the home.They could take that money and buy multiple rental homes in other areas if they wanted, or use the money to downsize in to a different home while still having money left over.

I subscribe to PropStream and Flipster and was wondering if either of these sites you use or you prefer a different program to find distressed properties and generate lead lists?

So, when investing in areas they don’t really know, investors should research the different property Class submarkets.

If you are able to actively use the funds I would say start a real estate marketing company with it. 

The Exchange Accommodation Titleholder ("EAT"), often a sister company to the qualified intermediary, will form a single-member limited liability company and disregarded entity or ("SMLLC") to serve as the lessee.

That is a different exit strategy altogether.

Yes, note investing is a completely different animal, apples to oranges.I do know that PPR has gotten a bit into multifamily investing, but I don't think that is their focus.