It's a tough occupation, and definitely not a money maker, so I would just be wary about the strategy.If you consider that writing and proof-reading a decent article takes 3 hours, what's your time worth?

I also get lost in the trail of articles this website has to offer!

Here's the article I'm referring to. https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2015/09/24/1031-exchanges-real-estate/

You might try this article @Brandon Turner wrotehttps://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/20-books-...hopefully the link works.

Here's a link to a TurboTax article that explains it pretty clearly: https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/tax-tips/Ren...And a link to the IRS page on the basics of depreciation: https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-se...Hope that helps!

The article mentions taxes gained and lost - is this the place to factor in taxes paid on the income from the property (is that taxed at a rate of ordinary income?)

Did you see this article too?

The LLC buys the property and the profits are dispersed as defined in the articles of incorporation (agreed amongst all).

They are also good indicator of how responsible tenant is.This article https://rentberry.com/blog/screening-prospective-t... has comprehensive list of tenants verification tools and warning signs that landlords should be aware of.

But while high-paid people in the tech industry might not have to worry about prices, they might one-day have to worry about their job:https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-20/the-tech-bubble-didn-t-burst-this-year-just-waitAt the turn of the last century, the burst of the dot-com bubble wiped out $6 trillion in household wealth.