We want to travel and invest and are considering converting this short term rental to a long term rental to avoid sales tax, paying utilities and general management of the property. 

The other half of the accounting records is coming from online purchases, utility payments, etc etc where they are sending you an email. 

That is how we typically do it

You can finance the purchase of an investment property in an IRA, but you must use a non-recourse loan, which typically requires a 30-40% down payment.

Those who are here for a specific purpose like finding deals or raising money typically struggle because the more people you help, the more people are willing to help you.  

Investors buy shares and earn returns through dividends and potential stock price appreciation.You typically can’t lose more than your initial investment with publicly traded REITs.

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Utilize a 1031 Exchange: Under IRS Code Section 1031, you can defer capital gains taxes by reinvesting the proceeds from the sale into a similar “like-kind” property.

In non-commercial residence (<5 units), the vacancy is large impact to cash flow s as nd it typically is worth having rent not at the top of market.  

Typically most lenders will require a minimum loan amount of $100k and a minimum AS IS value of $100k for a fix and flip loan.