I really like it when an investor can sell say a duplex for $350,000 and 1031 exchange into two fourplexes for $1mm into a market like Kansas City.

As we say a lot on here - It is always a good time to buy the right property.

Its not feasible for most folks to spend the time to gather data to build the case to protest the taxes over say a $500 increase in property taxes so they hire someone to do it for them.

Yes your rate will be higher, but not much higher than if you financed that investment property with a 30 year fixed mortgage.You say a HELOC is a short term tool.

The hardest thing will be zoning regs for the city and change, and Orange County cities will be harder than lets say a city way out on the east end of San Bernardino County. 

Naomi, I had many suggestions but this one from you sounds by far very interesting :) But yes I am currently trying to close my first deal under the WHOLE SALE TO MILLION Academy by Khang Le, he also advised me to network with local Realtors and im applaud to have run into youI also have many questions I would like to work with up to 3 good Realtors I want to find properties that are similar let's say a 3 bed room 2 bath 1,000 sq ft what would those property be worth after it's all fixed up, would you be able to find?

I was thinking that if you had a "flipping" business maybe some of the IRS rules were different than if you had say a "widget" business.  

Matt,It's an interesting area of real estate that even having been a full time Realtor for years, I find the  financing of short term rentals is limited and has stiffer requirements than say a long term rental. 

The guy tried to say a few things to me during the day and they literally stood right where I was working for a while, but ultimately I got the posts in and framed in between and defined my line.

Let's just say a real estate investor owns a number of properties in their personal name and is unable to move them to an LLC  or some other entity due to some 1031 exchange considerations.