Avoid: We need to avoid offsetting long-term capital gain with short-term capital loss.Do: STCG and Ordinary income are taxed at higher rate, use short-term capital loss to offset short-term capital gain or ordinary income (Limit $3000 for 2016).If you do not have any capital loss this year, but expect to have more than deductible capital loss of 3,000 next year, consider shifting some capital loss this year so that you do have to carry over the loss next year instead use this year.Expensing Asset:Use de minimis safe harbor to expense asset (2,500).

Regarding, not all the improvements will qualify for De minimis safe harbor rule though.

@Elaine Hester have you looked into a Delaware Statutory Trust? 

as someone who does this for a living and with my real estate, i highly recommend not using fiverr for SEO purposes if you don't want your site to be penalized and or de-indexed within a week. you get what you pay for.

Yet you would get several opinions from different attorneys, some recommending that every single property be in a different LLC and domiciled in Delaware which throws laypeople into spending a bunch of money on .... theory.In Louis's example, I'd imagine he's referring to a 1031 exchange.  

Just throwing this in... investing into and out of a Delaware Statutory Trust (DST) is a way to use the 1031 exchange into and out of an entity (replace LLC with DST).

Delaware is definitely the way to go and in my opinion Scott Swenson at Connolly Gallagher is the guy to talk to. 

@Heather De La CruzIs cozy an app Or a website?

@Orlando De Los Santos I've been in analysis paralysis mode when it comes to investing in real estate using these online platforms.

Or Delaware LLC or Montana LLC.