Originally posted by @Danny Johnson:@Luke Grogan I'd love to talk strategy with you regarding the systems you've been looking at. 

While not mandatory, a specialized accountant can reduce errors and provide significant tax-saving strategies tailored to your situation.This post does not create a CPA-Client relationship.

Good Morning BP,I bought my first house last year in Suffolk, Virginia just to get started in the real estate game. It is a remodeled 2/br 1.5 bath, 832 sq. ft.. My intent was to move within a year and rent it out, bu...

This seems like a no-brainer to me and fits well into a vertical integration strategy (I'm also thinking about managing other people's rentals as even more vertical integration (aka side money).  

I’d like to know if there is any measure or strategy I can do beyond that.

I would suggest having 3 different strategies. 

We believe that you set your strategy early on during acquisition, and as such, were primarily motivated by cash-on-cash returns and the strategy, with all of its pitfalls, did result in very reasonable IRR over the many years we have held.   

@Collin Hays@Jon Martini agree that tax considerations shouldn't, by themselves, drive business strategy. 

While living in a high-cost area can present challenges, it also opens doors to creative strategies, like investing out of state or leveraging partnerships.

There are multiple strategies to take advantage of opportunities during an expansion.