It seems like some of these would be buffered by using a credible loan servicer.

Louis real estate agent—they know the local rules and can tell you how long you need to live in the empty part, especially if you're using a specific loan, like an FHA loan, which often needs you to live there for a year.

It doesn't take that long to fully analyze a market (notice I wrote market, not property), so why waste your time using a tool that leads you nowhere.

If so, you would probably end up ahead using a realtor.

@James Bakun, they can do this very easily by using a disregarded LLC. 

Maybe just me not using a bookkeeper, but I don't want to give out "checkbook control." 

Still cheaper than using a credit card tho.

So using a modest cost of money, the negative is $1,760 ($6k - $4240).  

That means you will not be able to sell it to someone using a FHA, Conventional loan etc. 

I'm using a Wyoming registered agent that set up WLLC for $200.