@Jeff AdemaAnother option is to open a self-directed IRA and incorporate a TIC transactions alongside your IRA. 

We set up a card table with folding chairs in the empty living room. 

Hi All,Merry Christmas!I'm a British expat working in China and have been looking for a way to improve on the poor returns I've seen in China and Europe recently. Some US rental markets do look very attractive, such a...

HO  HO  HOI'm setting in a chair getting a massage!  

Considate a 2nd time, incorporate, transfer the profits to the business.

From the windows started a bloody trail on the floor that led to the dining room, to the kitchen, to the living room, then it pooled on a chair, and there was a distinct bloody handprint on the armrest.

The bank was, and still is extraordinarily slow to lend, and we're having to change our strategy a bit to incorporate flips into our model while we wait for the properties to season a little more.Metrics look like this :~$440k in via equity investment + a minor amount of rental income$110k debt (Resulting in debtservice of $750/mo)For a total of $550k invested.ARV between 3 properties of $850k - So a net equity of $300k or so.Monthly rental revenues of $11,000Costs are $1000/mo in insurance$1000/mo in property taxes$1500/mo saved back for maint/repairs - Actual expense last year was around $700/mo due to the fact we try to fix everything that might need repaired in the next 5 years, so far it's worked quite well$500/mo for vacancies (Actual vacancy rate was 3.8% last year based on total of damages + lost rental days).$750/mo in debt service ($285 or so goes towards principal curtailment)For a grand total of $6,250 in monthly cashflow or 16.6% return based on the $450k cash invested.

The last renter did not maintain the yard like it needed to be so I am looking for advice on how to incorporate the requirement of you must own a working riding mower or pay an additional maintenance fee for the yard.  

Some states will require that you register your business in that state even if you incorporated it in a different state. 

I was able to buy couch, coffee table, 2 end tables and lamps, console table, dining room table and 4 chairs, wall hangings, and a whole bunch of bowls and random stuff at target for about $2K.