You only need a sales tax number if you are going to claim tax exempt when you buy, then charge/collect and submit taxes on the subsequent sale.If you pay the sales tax at Home Depot, then get reimbursed, no worries.

Short-term investments are taxed at your regular tax rate.I'm hoping to find a way to completely avoid paying the tax (at least not immediately) - of course legally.

Kishor,I recommend finding an accountant who specializes in real estate taxation over one that is local.

Jeff,I recommend finding an accountant who specializes in real estate taxation over one that is local. 

As we grew, (15 employees) I considered restructuring to a C Corp but on the advice of my CPA and tax strategist we folded the LLC into a Sub Chapter S - LLC to avoid double taxation. 

I recommend finding an accountant who specializes in real estate taxation over one that is local.

Most people don't use C Corps because of the double taxation. 

There are pros and cons to many of the forms of taxation.

C Corp's double taxation rules definitely makes things complicated. 

The taxation is basically the same because all the deductions you can takes the same.