So, Y perhaps can't take the deduction since its a passive investment while X is paying taxes on the rent at their ordinary rate since they don't have sufficient deductions to apply.Anyway, there would be some serious details to be worked out.I hope you don't find this too morbid or out of line, but another strategy is to put Title in your mother's name. 

Isn't recording a deed in a sub2 transfer sufficient notice?

Every single speaker i heard at BPCon last week said “in this market it’s important to have sufficient cash reserves.”

Your PO Box will be sufficient.

Now if an individual state has a different need for their marketing and can attract sufficient foreign income they can do as they like.

That's 30% of 400k, which I presume will be a sufficient downpayment should I choose to move forward with some property.

You would then have to 1031 Exchange into rental property (you can convert to a primary residence after renting it for a sufficient period of time, generally recommend 12 to 24 months).

Or you need sufficient scale that you can have a local team that takes care of things.We can discuss this further but lets use a fresh thread (not the welcome on).

Also, if you buy two identical units you have better chances of getting an additional “quantity” discount.  

I understand BP survives on ad revenue, but a link somewhere on the page to your broker submission form seems like it would be sufficient without detracting in the way those two paragraphs do.