I have seen situations where a leak that appeared to be HVAC was a plumbing issue and vice versa.

Lastly, if you represent yourself, be prepared to block out several days for court appearances, no matter if the tenant shows up or not. 

It does come down to your goals, your time to allocate, your business sense, your ability to bring or raise capital, and what you are trying to accomplish.I am personally not a fan of short term rentals, as it appears regulations in many cities keep making it harder.

Unlike a lot of BP publications, it's really more of an extended pamphlet with some good pieces of information, but if it is "the book", it's only because it's the "only book".The chapters are approachable and reader-friendly, but you won't find any nuggets of golden information within the pages if you already listened to the authors' appearance on the BP podcast.

Obtaining a $200K loan to cover the tax appears to carry a similar risk of a lien, potentially jeopardizing my mortgage approval.What would you advise in this situation?

 I did a virtual drive through Faygo town a few days ago, which I think is called the Hunt neighborhood.There appeared to be a lot of empty acreage of stubbed in lots . 

Given that your primary goal appears to be generating cash from flipping, there aren’t many tax advantages available in this scenario.

The property is not in a historic district, but good point on minimizing the appearance of the scope of work.  

So it doesn't appear the LLC will solve the problem. 

Do the values appear to be accurate when you've reviewed them?