And it will get much worse (office values have collapsed) both from pure economics and idiotic social policies.

For my clients real estate businesses they pay between $4,000 and $650k purely for tax prep and tax consulting, does that help?

Keep in mind also: if you gained virtually zero equity in the last year by pure appreciation, then you can't be guaranteed any/much further appreciation over the next two years either, right?

We do have an attorney working as our RA in WY as well.Thank youKeri You could always look into a "purely online" bank as well, that way state borders would not be an issue.

everyone else has already left great answers, I just want to add if you are purely a buy and hold investor: using bonus deprecation aggressively as early as possible is usually a great way to go. 

Indeed, it's a numbers game, considering that you're not gonna live in the property.Of course, if you want to buy a vacation home or a short-term rental that you can use for yourself, it's another story as it wouldn't be a pure investment.

Purely in terms of rental revenue, I'd be delighted with another pandemic.

The only reason we have requested his presence while contractor is there doing the repair purely because we are worried that the tenant might accuse the contractor damaged his stuff, etc. later.

For those of you that use an LLC purely and solely to hold the real estate, and has a separate LLC that manages the real estate holdings, when the rent is paid,  does that rent payment go on the books of the LLC that only holds the real estate?

HOWEVER - if you're approaching it more so from the perspective of wanting a place to settle down and possibly later on emphasizing on school districts, your evaluation criteria will be different than someone who is a pure investment play.