Quote from @Bill Hampton: @Brandon MorganAn LLC will not reduce your taxes.

I will want to continue to continue to defer the taxes but in an UPREIT.

Make sure to plan for the added rental income/ordinary expenses on your tax return. 

Tax Liens are not a big thing here in CA either.

Minimum of 3 night stays, limited number of STRs in a particular neighborhood etc.You need to get the license and pay the STR tax.

Definitely a question for a tax attorney/accountant, especially with the dollar amounts involved. 

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I wouldn't touch anything outside the urban core. if your strategy is to buy existing and old I'd recommend not to. as a newer investor depending on your liquidity look at build to rent development. building investment properties below market value by 25% and refinancing out of it to do it again. the urban core has tax abatements as well that are 15 years right now you can apply for. that means that taxes will be around $600 to $800 per year. there's cash Flow but the existing inventory market dried up a few years ago in the urban core. local realtors are going to push you to the trash areas like hilltop, south linden, etc because it's the only place numbers work. columbus is great, but remember a tenant who pays $1800 a month is different than a tenant who pays $900 a month. let me know if I can help any other way! 

you just input the address and it import the information which has bedrooms, bathrooms, and square footage. just be careful with the insurance and property tax data.

I would invest in the West, as it has worked for the last 170 years, but not in liberal states that are tax hells.