There are also additional costs of operating and maintaining an LLC, like separate bank accounts, annual report filings, tax filings, etc.2.

U need money to transact in RE.. other wise become an Agent or a lender and make fee's to build up your money bucket.

We run the number of these properties on the calc of BP and they would give us with conservative numbers on the rehab (estimating to put more than needed) and on the rents (market rent but conservative), good returns, like Cash on Cash return (CoC) between 2-6% and Cash Flow between 986 to 12000 per year, so anything from 100 month to 1000 a month, after expenses were taken, so from this cash flows only taxes are missing to be taken, with some properties needing us to put from minimum 40k to 90k down including rehabbing them.

I mean, no one told me to go find the owner of the cat skeleton I found at the first place I ever bought at a tax auction.

@Gino BarbaroWe got a bid from Caldwell and they wanted 1.75/day per machine plus monitoring and credit card fees plus every year the price goes up by CPI min 3% & the contract is for 8 years. 

I have a strong credit score and expect I would be able to get approved for this mortgage.Monthly taxes = $155/month ($1,860 annually)Annual insurance = Estimated $166/month (~$2,000 annually)Annual HOA = $196/month ($2,352 annually)Maintenance = Estimated $250/month ($3,000 annually) (0.5% of property value given that this is a newer build.

Our household income is currently $320k pre-tax, but I might be getting a new job soon, which could bump our income to around $380-400k pre-tax.Initially, we planned to buy a property and convert it into a duplex, but with houses in our area starting at $650k, we've started considering a different approach.

I am looking for a CPA who has expertise in tax planning for H1B visa holders with real estate investments in rental properties and real estate syndications.

I also handled “servicing” the note for a 1% annual fee, decreasing the investors yield to 10% (they were still VERY happy with the yield and increasing my yield to 16%.  

Sellers Info-Main interest: minimizing capital gains/taxes, preserving estate for his kids-SFH free and clear, no mortgage, purchased 30 years ago for ~$150k-Currently acting as landlord, very likely doesn’t want to continue in this capacity My info:-I want to cash flow the property now -I want to purchase the home now or in the future Property info-No tenant, rent comps $2600-2800-Current comps of $290k-320kI don’t know the sellers full financial picture.