If I could find 100 doors and put together as a group, what do you feel the exit potential is on this? 

A home (whether primary or investment) in my eyes is considered as a savings account once you own it - a store of wealth. 

If not, I do not recommend sheriff sales as a first attempt.

Translation: you helped your client to protect their cheating against the state assessment.I understand that your client, as a result, avoided paying $45k.

And I largely ask questions now (admittedly, posing as a novice) to keep up with the new BS.

., equipment) are excluded from 1031 treatment and are taxed separately—goodwill is typically taxed as a capital gain, while equipment may be subject to depreciation recapture taxed as ordinary income.To minimize taxes on the sale of the business, consider strategies such as Opportunity Zone investments, which defer gains until 2026 if proceeds are reinvested in a Qualified Opportunity Fund (QOF), or structuring the sale as an installment agreement to spread taxable income over multiple years.

But that also means that the appraiser treats it as a finished basement and adds 10k.

Since your goal is to have multiple rental properties, you may want to look into selling your current primary, tax free, and use that money to put it as a downpayment on 3 or 4 rental properties.

I'm from Louisville KY and traveled to Bloomington for a Big Box company as a trainer.

Question 3: Is there a better way to protect property besides an LLC, such as a trust of some kind?