I do have an LLC, and have always done my own taxes, but never official book keeping.

A full bathroom is conveniently located just off the mud room beside the kitchen.

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Get a lender, enter into contract, close escrow, enjoy your new home. if you have less than 30 days, you would need the seller's cooperation to contact the foreclosing entity to see if they will postpone to give you time to close the deal. it's not guaranteed and the lender is under no obligation to do so but if everyone wins (seller sells, lender gets paid off in full, you get a home), most lenders will provide a small window of time to get it done.

I might be off track but it seems like you might be looking at the numbers and not the deal.

It may not be possible, but if you're going to go the appreciation route (versus cashflow), then you're best off targeting 5+ unit properties where you can force the appreciation by driving NOI.

First, the potential for tax write-offs makes it an attractive financial strategy, allowing me to optimize my tax obligations while building equity.

I am assuming since I would not be doing the prohibited 'benefiting from' (as in making income off of) that this would be OK.

Exploring vacant land in suburbs or up-and-coming neighborhoods could offer you cheaper build costs and potentially lower taxes as well.

I think that the high taxes (which are currently undergoing reassessment) will kill any cash flow.