Imagine if a lowly paid teacher with combined family taxable income of $80,000.00 living in pricey San Diego could make tax deferred even half this amount.Again, what a country!! 

. - As long as payments are made on-time, the loan is a tax-free loan and nothing is reported to the IRS; if you default on the loan, it becomes a reportable and taxable event.

Its still taxable when you withdraw the money, if this is a traditional IRA.The justification I've seen for this tax is that is levels the playing field with a taxable entity.

Don't equate net positive cash flow from your rental activity with taxable income.

There is no installment sale to trip any underlying lender (except with the option) but there are no taxable issues.What happens if the buyer dies in 9 months, hit by a semi, how do his heirs salvage the deal?

My plan is to liquidate my taxable brokerage account to finance a SFR or two while maintaining both my wifes and my own Roth IRA.

Good rentals create taxable income.

Paying taxes in a higher bracket should not be anyone's motivation for making more money--keeping more of it by socking it away into various vehicles and lowering your taxable income is the trick!

I hope someone here is knowledgeable and willing to help me understand the new math.What's the difference in % (after deductions) taxable as capital gains in each scenario:Purchase House.

The sale of the remaining three units would be a taxable event.To avoid the capital gains tax on the sale of this property, you should explore a 1031 tax-deferred exchange to defer capital gains taxes (perhaps indefinitely).