You're in great company: There are a horde of Brits looking for great long-term deals here in the States.

Its amazing how an ordinary thing like rent garages can produce such extraordinary investment results! 

It in no way avoids the due on sale clause.What should happen is that the transaction, sans the land trust, looks just like an ordinary transaction, with one exception.  

We also buy very unloved buildings under the assumption that we will be gutting the building and replacing almost everything ... so typically do not bother with engaging an inspector or engineer unless we see something out of the ordinary (in a bad way) or we are having a Phase 1 done.However, in the beginning before we had acquired our present level of comfort and experience, we sent an inspector into most buildings ... if for no other reason than to provide input into maintenance and renovation planning.

If you are deemed a dealer, all your properties will be considered inventory and taxed at ordinary income rates when sold. 

If the same tenant occupied for four years, I would probably chalk up the paint to ordinary wear-and-tear because I would freshen it up before putting it on the market anyway.The cabinets are beyond ordinary wear-and-tear for a four-year period.

I have a lender who wants to lend me 100k to use in our flipping business but was wondering if there was any way to structure the deal so the interest that he receives is not taxed as ordinary income.

You're reducing tax on profit from ordinary income to capital gain at the least and in the case of many of my investors - tax free.5.

If the proceeds from the sale will pay off the mtg, it just an ordinary sale.

., it is not your career), the federal government places a limitation on how much of your passive loss from an investment on something such as real estate can be deducted against your ordinary income.