So far we have 19 units and have done the individual key per unit thing.

@Anna SmithRecommend you reach out to @Daniel Hyman who regularly assists military families, nationwide, with real estate investments

What a base hit vs home run is also will vary for every individual, but if you don't play you'll never win.

When you have such a major area like the Bay Area and Sacramento regions within 2-3 hours drive and lots of high wage earning individuals in those markets I would believe they will continue to vacation there.

I am about to help a friend market 2 books about Real Estate Assistant.

That is risky in itself.It would seem a lot wiser to take those individual retirement plans and invest them into something they can each do independently such as smaller properties, trust deeds, crowdfunds focused on real estate based assets, or the like.

The only way this would be possible, at least to my understanding, would be to put the duplex in an individual's name so we could refinance with a bank on a 30 year loan.A question for my fellow CPA's or other's who have done this: how could we make this work as far as taxes are concerned? 

You don't need to assist her.

If I can be of any assistance, don't hesitate to reach out!

When calculating the patient's eligibility for medical assistance, they included the worth of the home and the patient was forced to pay more out of pocket each month.I offer some advice from my personal life - don't put this off.