Anyway...back to the point...The rep that I just encountered from this group had advertised a property in a very desirable portion of North Dallas...an area of particular interest to me.  

You'll depreciate the side you don't live in plus the portion for your home office on two separate forms, an 8829 and a Schedule E2.  

Most of our Section 8 tenants pay a portion of their rent and that portion can not exceed a certain percentage of their income.

Of course, if tenant income is sufficient, the tenant paid portion could be similar to the numbers in the quote, but that 80% (or 20%) is not how it works.

Landlord and tenant had a dispute over the tenant paying the portion of the electric bill that the landlord allocated to that tenant's unit, since there was only one electric meter in this multi-unit rental property.

If you want to save money, save it on the property portion of that coverage, insuring for Actual Cash Value rather than Replacement Cost, but make sure you have adequate liability limits.Third, umbrella insurance isn't a standalone liability policy.  

Part of what you have not taken into account is the timing of receipt of your profits.By selling with seller financing, you delay receipt of a portion of your profits which the seller may desire if he/she would rather have an income stream such as in retirement.A flipper, by contrast wants to most money (cash) from the sale as possible to then move on to the next project.Question?  

It will be vital in high dollar markets where you're paying per click.You might broad match on keywords for 'real estate,' which could trigger your ads for pharses like "Free Real Estate," "Real Estate Seminars Near Me," and "Best Real Estate Books."

My question is - how can we structure the payment portion from our parents in a way that does not bring on tax liability but also does not require our parents to stick their necks out by being "on the title , LLC, etc." and increasing their exposure?

After a couple of times, start holding back a portion of the refinance funds to pay back the loan -- early if possible.Now this is one persons idea and based on what you said -- you can find properties that could be good rehab and rent but not rehab and flip.