You will likely have taxable income and an increased tax bill in scenario 2. 

In general I would expect to pay more for an insurance on a business policy rather than a personal policy and am not surprised by the increase. 

It's honestly really simple- get to as many local meetups as you can.

James, I probably should have mentioned: my bar for what constitutes a "lot" of time and effort is set verrryyy low these days because I spent years refining my LTR operations to get them dialed in...At this point, my LTR operations are such that just adding an extra hour per week of work would be a noticeable increase to me... ...It wasn't always like this, though--I had to work too hard to get to a point where I don't have to work too hard  :)

There are a lot of wholesalers who are buying lists of properties in foreclosure / default and do not realize this in many states is considered predatory.As taxes and insurance increase along with homeowners having equity, states will start to catch on to this and my guess is start going after more of these wholesalers.It will be an easy win for them as most wholesalers act as brokers illegally (do not do double close) and do not let the homeowner know all the options available to them (modifications/ bankruptcy), they are out to solely benefit in their behalf which in itself is predatory

Thanks to the Cost Segregation Study, the property investors were able to reclassify the property into the following categories to accelerate the depreciation:The use of the accelerated depreciation strategy helps real estate investors to reduce the tax liability immediately which therefore increases their bottom line due to the offsetting of income.

Real estate investment trusts closed out 2023 with a surge of investments in healthcare properties as they look to capitalize on an aging population that is becoming increasingly dependent on medical care.Healthcare real estate, a relatively niche market within the larger real estate industry that includes hospitals, assisted living facilities and rehabilitation centers, can often blend elements from familiar real estate sectors like office, multifamily and retail, offering a unique investment subtype.

We did not go to some overpriced guru investment seminar or fad book to learn about this but we do realize there is a solid potential for increasing monthly cashflow without great risk in these types of investments done correctly.    

Smaller industrial properties have maintainedimpressive occupancy rates and rising rents for several years, and in recentmonths they have increasingly stood out as one of the best-performingcategories of commercial real estate.To learn which U.S. markets have the most acuteshortages of smaller industrial space, CoStar ranked the 60 largest U.S.markets based on the composite scores of three criteria: current availabilityrates for industrial buildings smaller than 50,000 square feet; the mediannumber of months on the market of 10,000-25,000-square-foot industrial spacesleased in the past 12 months; and the median number of months on the market ofindustrial spaces smaller than 10,000 square feet leased in the past 12 months.

Look up subREIA, Simple Wholesaling-Ronnie Reese.