impressive, I am sure it will translate to a successful real estate investing career.There are many accountants who provide much value to the biggerpockets community by answering questions and providing articles to tax updates that impact real estate investors.I am not aware of any of the frequent posters who are local to New Jersey.Are you open to working remotely with an accountant? 

Raise the rents to market values and rehab to force equity and sell in 2 years to avoid capital gains.

If you are a ultra conservative investor, if you have surplus cash you have no use for, if parking surplus cash is your goal, if earning minimum return on your cash fits your investment plans, if you intend to sell as soon as they are paid off then these are all good reasons to force yourself to save money where you can not easily access a 15 year loan is for you.

Don't try to force RE investing...it will happen when the time is right. 

Circumstances of the last market crash forced me to make some drastic property choices to save my self from foreclosure.

Hopefully at this point you have forced the appreciation of the property and is worth more.Yes, very normal across the boardThe bank might ask for one, i would wait until they request theirs (paid by you).

Appreciation is an extremely important factor to consider for larger investments because it has a noticeable impact on your bottom line upon sale... but that's the key thing to remember. 

For C-corps and asset protection, if you own shares in a corporation and are sued personally (i.e. after a car wreck), a judgment creditor can reach your shares in the corporation.

Pro - a division 2 university, close to an air force base and very cheap housing. 

What if you can't rent it and are forced to sell?