@Neera MelwaniI recommend finding a tax strategist specializing in real estate taxation.

I'm an agent in central Houston!

Make sure your agent works with investors and knows how to swim in that pond.

Also make sure you are represented by an agent instead of the new home sales agent represent you.

Define, "investor-friendly" agent please.In our experience we've found that +95% of agents only have experience dealing with owner-occupied transactions - which are mostly EMOTIONAL decision based.You can ID these types of agents easily by asking them:1) If they are RE investors themselves.

Hi Daniel,I live in Silicon Valley, and I specialize in real estate.

Submitting an offer with no intention of buying a property should be considered illegal, to remarket it to another party, and the seller and listing agent lose control of their transaction. 

I've been doing some research and came across a company called WholesaleShelfCorporations.com that specializes in providing aged entities.Before making a decision, I would like to hear from those who have actual experience with it.

I bought my first property with an FHA loan, and the real estate agent I hired offered to contribute some commissions to closing costs, which meant I was somewhere around $9k out of pocket to buy that first house.That was almost my entire life savings at the time, but the home was recently remodeled and this was in 2011 so home prices were very deflated.

I listen to podcasts, read books, use BiggerPockets calculators, do my own analysis, have an agent and lenders.