From my understanding, many require it be held in an entity name for compliance reasons. 

I will not expand my business to areas without having a good team first. 20 to 25% is reasonable if you come across a good PM near you, there is a lot of work that goes into STRs 

I'm eager to learn about how to find and fund properties that help my family financially and my community with affordable/reasonable dwellings for young families and newlyweds.

==========================My relative is asking if this is a viable way to legally avoid having to pay taxes:STEP 1: SELL PRIMARY RESIDENCE (House A)-Sell primary residence to son-in-law for cost basis + $500K-File gift tax form for difference between sale price & market value-Not pay capital gains on $500K due to personal exemption.STEP 2: SELL RENTAL PROPERTIES-Do 1031 exchange and buy House A back from son-in-law-Rent out House A for 1 year before move back in==========================Thoughts?

With insurance rates going up, best to find areas with the lowest operating cost.

Specifically, the cost to have it corrected is now a known material fact. 

Once your emergency account has a reasonable amount in it, whatever that means to you, you might want to think about steering that payroll money into the investment savings account from each pay check and leave the emergency account money as is.

We used to hire a company to balance the chemicals and my costs were almost 2K per month.

If any costs go up, developer eats it.

We sold the house quite quickly at a reasonable profit.Lessons learned?