A properly set-up DST will both protect your assets and bypass the burdensome franchise tax that would be levied against a Series LLC.The Delaware Act expressly provides that “[n]o creditor of the beneficial owner shall have any right to obtain possession of, or otherwise exercise legal or equitable remedies with respect to, the property of the statutory trust.” 12 Del.

It's not even worth running the numbers exercise. 

Commissioner, 74 T.C. 1134 (1980) (“The taxpayer’s intent at the time of the exchange is controlling and must be determined.”)Courts consider the following factors in assessing if the property was held for sale: (1) the nature and purpose of the acquisition of the property and the duration of the ownership; (2) the extent and nature of the taxpayer’s efforts to sell the property; (3) the number, extent, continuity and substantiality of the sales; (4) the extent of subdividing, developing, and advertising to increase sales; (5) the use of a business office for the sale of the property; (6) the character and degree of supervision or control exercised by the taxpayer over any representative selling the property; and (7) the time and effort the taxpayer habitually devoted to the sales.

My ultimate goal, once I retire from the Air Force, is to obtain my real estate license in order to enhance my investment opportunities, but right now I am still a novice :) Some of the challenges that I feel I face starting out the gate are finding the RIGHT rehab company if I BRRR and then finding the right team to help with turnovers.

A well-chosen rental property offers numerous opportunities for enhancement, whether through cosmetic upgrades, energy-efficient installations, or other value-adding projects.

However, there is a degree of character and constraint one should exercise.  

Hell, a good exercise I just thought off.

Here is some advice to help you in this and going forward, remember this is a business, or at least your trying to make it like one, so to best treat it like one just do this exercise of pretend it's a different kind of business, let's say a restaurant, and re-frame the situation in that context. 

@Jon Holdman is talking about the Garn St Germain Act of 1982"Part C Preemption of Due on Sale Prohibitions DUE-ON SALE CLAUSES (d) A lender may not exercise its option pursuant to a due-on-sale clause upon--, (1) the creation of a lien or other encumbrance subordinate to the lender's security instrument which does not relate to a transfer of rights of occupancy in the property; (2) the creation of a purchase money security interest for household appliances; (3) a transfer by devise, descent, or operation of law on the death of a joint tenant or tenant by the entirety; (4) the granting of a leasehold interest of three years or less not containing an option to purchase; (5) a transfer to a relative resulting from the death of a borrower; (6) a transfer where the spouse or children of the borrower become an owner of the property; (7) a transfer resulting from a decree of a dissolution of marriage, legal separation agreement, or from an incidental property settlement agreement, by which the spouse of the borrower becomes an owner of the property; (8) a transfer into an inter vivos trust in which the borrower is and remains a beneficiary and which does not relate to a transfer of rights of occupancy in the property; or (9) any other transfer or disposition described in regulations prescribed by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board. " The Full Act is at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garn%E2%80%93St.

It's none of my business which constitutional rights people choose to exercise.