As a brit I did consider Orlando, but decided against it as there is so much competition from other indiv, companies not too mention the hotels, when I decided to go to Siesta Key one year for 3 weeks in Dec(not over xmas and the oil spill had happened) it was near on impossible to get a place, so this is what swung it for me.....high demand low supply, 2nd year I owned, SK was name number 1 beach in the USA, ever since near on 100% occupancy, downside is I can't use it myself, but I've got a great neighbour who lives in Nantucket who lets me stay at there's for free if I wann come over as they have their boat in my yard....trade off!!

You will be taxed at ordinary income rates tho.

Admittedly, if you are doing rentals, its passive income and you don't face the 35% ordinary income tax that sent me scrambling.You can read up on solo 401K's at my favorite solo 401K consultant, mysolo401k.com and on this site.

. $200k/door sounds a little steep, but not out of the ordinary.

C (normal ordinary business) or Sched.

The profits from those businesses are ordinary income and aren't elgible for 1031 exchanges.

This can be considered a business(from what i understand), thus allowing you to take an income, if there is one after all expenses, including a separate prop mgr.Yes you would pay taxes as ordinary income, but the appreciation, once you sell, is what remains in the IRA.

As for tax benefits, an LLC doesn't really provide that--if it's a single member LLC it's treated as a pass-through entity and just treated as ordinary income (minus the improvement/repair deductions and additions to basis you can take for rental property).

Flipping profits are taxed as ordinary income, including SS/Med, and not deferred by reinvesting.

This is achievable (we've done it with single-family homes) by giving a much higher purchase price. 0% interest is good for the seller because they will get taxed based on the long-term capital gains rate, as opposed to the ordinary income tax rate if they're collecting interest payments.