Hi all,While the US has interesting investment vehicles like REITs that pay out massive dividends, as a non-US investor I would pay both US dividend tax and local dividend tax on those dividends. 

Does anyone in Central KY know someone with an excavator that I can hire to dig up the line to figure out precisely what I am facing?

Unfortunately this neighbor is not a good source of information concerning the tenants as they’ve either escalated the parking situation to the point of petty vandalism or they’ve become so obsessed with the vehicle parked in front of their house that they’re willing to go beyond the pale.  

Once I have them under LLC's, I want to have their mortgages changed to a commercial loan or some other loan vehicle.

Definitely only have a 1 year prepay so you can refinance into a longer term vehicle and I do like the interest only 40 year options on these. 

There are also specific trust vehicles known as 'Delaware Statutory Trusts' (DSTs) that also qualify.Part three is really not related to 1031 or DSTs specifically, except that the above only serve to defer taxes.

I was wondering if there were any other vehicles that would be more advantageous than the Solo 401k for investing in real estate.

What vehicle can I set up to hold this money so I avoid cap gains tax?

If its better spent elsewhere then you may want to reinvest or redirect that money into other vehicles with comparable risk (not saying you should go full speculation or full spec like Cypto's, building spec homes, or something you have never done before, etc).The other way to look at it is if you pay off that 3% note or mortgage you're in essence saying that you're accepting to save 3% annually or .25% per month (X12 months = 3%) effectively rather than investing it else where.

What Charlie said plus factor in all the expenses the agent has such as gas, vehicle maintenance and insurance, health insurance, E&O insurance, desk fees, MLS fees, Realtor association fees, marketing, cell phone, etc. and they’re almost certainly losing money on this transaction even with the $800 added on.