Quote from @Caleb Brown: If you are selling leave it vacant.

Downfall to some DPA's is they require you to own the home and not sell it or refinance anywhere from 2, 3 or 5 years depending on the state.I have seen people use a DPA and after they purchased the home they did some renovations and the home increased significantly in value.

With the rise of digital real estate, there are now many more options available that make it easier than ever before for potential tenants and landlords to find each other.

Even if not immediately then your son would owe it when he sells, so no advantage to this strategy. 

@Brody Veilleux Loss harvesting in real estate allows you to offset capital gains by selling a property at a loss, which can also offset gains from stocks or other investments.

The only “control” an investor has when he invests in REITS, (or any stocks for that matter), mutual funds, real estate syndications, whether debt or equity, or minority shares in a business, is whether to keep or to sell his investment, and often not even that.  

I buy, sell and lease properties.Thanks in advance …

I live in a rural residential neighborhood that has recently been zoned medium density (townhomes). We are already surrounded on three sides by urban zoned homes.
My neighbors and I have been approached by two indivi...

@Roy Loganeither1. your own direct marketing to property owners, or 2. through someone else (a wholesaler, another investor, your network, your uncle's neighbor who wants to sell their house and doesn't want to list it and tells your uncle)

I'm not trying to sell anything.