It is simply the IRS tax law.

Income tax: A foreign investor receiving rental income from U.S. real property must pay income tax.

Should I still house hack to avoid the capital gains taxes?

Due to this they refunded me $33, and refuse to help with the $425 towing fee I incurred while they were storing my vehicle for me.

It may impact the loan and will require you to pay transfer taxes based on the assessed value, deed prep and some additional accounting fees to address basis.

They designed a very nice postcard for me and i sampled a batch of about 1500 postcards to a list I provided to them.My results....7 responses (0.46%).The list was Out-of-State owners I pulled from the tax records, of which I got about a 13% response rate using yellow letters.I'm not going to say anything bad about them, I just don't think postcards work well for finding motivated sellers in my area.

Did taxes went up in Texas?

Is your DSCR ratio greater than 1-meaning are you cash flowing (according to the lender's criteria of mortgage, property taxes and insurance (and HOA) if applicable).

Please keep in mind for tax purposes LLC are passthrough by default.

Every $100k in gain up to the limits, $250k (if single) or $500k (if married) will save you $15k in federal taxes and I’m guessing $5-10k in state taxes?