One option I'm pretty familiar with is land conservation easement/fee simple - though this is more of a strategy to help with all AGI rather than strictly capital gains.

Hey James, I have a simple log book / spreadsheet I made for clients that maybe helpful to you.

My focus is simple: helping out-of-state investors like you unlock the full potential of the Birmingham market.

I think the VAST majority of successful evictions are for failure to pay and those evictions should cookie cutter and simple to handle for the most part.

The contract was a simple 3 page one and I wrote this in.Also, it is a single family being rented as a rooming house (which is technically not legal here).

Do you have any advice on particular sites to look into to find tenants like this needing placement?

lots can go into this somewhat simple question and most of it is personal preference.- you'll want to define "best", and what that looks like for you as a success.- How much money do you have to spend?

Now that's flipped, which makes profitability on a simple rental much harder. 

I would spend the $20,000 and have them spec out the site and also do a cost estimate. 

I like to keep things as simple as possible, but I was excited to dig into this one because knowledge is power, and the better we understand these things, the more we can use them to our advantage in real estate.So here’s what’s happening—your CPA is basically saying you’re already showing a loss on your taxes because of all the expenses that came with closing, insurance, HOA fees, etc.