If I had to guess a 401(k) would be more expensive and onerous than the taxes you would save. 

I know NJ is tough on landlord laws but looks like in this case we may have actually some grounds to fight it.

Quote from @Kelly  “…capital stacking…” We found it’s actually called credit or card stacking.

While this is always a possibility, the reality is that VERY few people will actually trash a place.

DSCR loans are based off of down payment, credit score and either actual or market rents so it helps to supercharge an investor's real estate goals and net worth.

Doubt this prospect has either.3) Given what a PMC stated about the 3rd bedroom, how many comparable properties have you actually looked at the pics of?

And of course, you don’t qualify for the full 121 primary cap gains exclusion….from your numbers, 5/18’s (about 28%) of your gain is exempt under the 121 exclusion since you had Non Qualified use for 13 of those 18 years.This doesn’t consider whatever time, if any, you actually lived in it between 2011 and 2018

If you do not have a lot of personal assets and have a homestead exemption on your primary residence - most find there is not much left for someone to actually take.

When I found out the actually company was just wholesaling I wasn’t very interested.

The 1st year I bought it, I actually rented it for $1600/month.