Originally posted by @Tom Carmody:I’m newer to investing and came across a condo for sale in Florida which apparently is a “condo-hotel.”

The mortgages are all paid off as part of the sale. 

Delaware has no sales tax, so has been slow to jump on the band wagon of taxing STRs. 

If you or a partner dies and you have to sale you will lose money.  

@Muhammad Kashif to avoid interest related transactions:1) Buy & hold rentals - you make your money back via rental payments.2) Funding flip deals - instead of lending at an interest rate, you could lend for a percentage of the profits on the sale.

They both do very well on rent vs. sale price.

Any way to delay the official sale to keep taxes low while still maintaining a contract to buy? 

I.e. a group that was getting 30+% returns out of a 2017 acquisition with a sale in 2019, should be looked at loosely against other sponsors with deals of similar acquisition date, as general market timing is really going to be 90% of the overall return, with the operations only accounting for a small part of the overall return.  

Hey @April Birdsong, You can use the Ring or a stand alone camera.I don't use a Ring but I have a stand alone, solar powered camera pointing at the main entrance.

Purchase price: $125,000 Cash invested: $25,000 Sale price: $230,000 Bought the property about 4 years ago, originally it was a 2-family rental.