Do that and you eliminate the risk of bad tenants, maintenance, etc.2.

This approach eliminates guesswork and luck because you're buying properties that attract a segment with reliable people.

Utilize the borrowed money to invest in additional properties.Die: Upon death, your heirs will receive these properties with a stepped up basis which can potentially eliminate capital gains tax on the appreciation that occurred on the properties during your lifetime.Have you utilized any of these strategies in your real estate portfolio?

I would contend 90% of beachfront STRs do not compete or eliminate home ownership for middle class America. 

Ca may be tenant friendly but they have done more to eliminate bogus ESA than any other state that I am aware of with the passage of AB468.  

Eliminate debt, establish a budget, and save.

There use depends on the type of trust setup - they can be used to bypass probate; eliminate ownership and control from a person subject to lawsuits; skip a generation on an inheritance and hence skip inheritance taxes, and numerous other uses.  

I’m looking for ideas on safety measures that I should consider or ways to eliminate the lingering by unwanted guests.

After this, apply additional elimination criteria in the order from the easiest to the most time-intensive.

Politicians are again talking of eliminating the 1031.Does this change anything for you?