Occasionally a single family would hit the market at around 300K that might have worked but I never pulled the trigger.  

You gotta just pull the trigger and get started if you want to learn.

So when I pull the trigger I can make better decisions.

I would really like to put these properties in a LLC for peace of mind, but it seems to me I have no way to do without triggering this "due on sale clause". 

We have saved about $50k in the past 2.5 years or so and have been considering more and more pulling the trigger while we’re here but we only have about 6-8 months left here so not enough time to do an owner occupied loan. $50k will go a lot further on the mainland. 

Hope everything goes well and I'll be sure to reach out if I pull the trigger myself.

I'm one of those guys that read the books for 10 years and never pulled the trigger. 

What exactly would be "good" and what would you pull the trigger on?

I'm super analytical so I studied real estate and read all kind of book for about 10 years before I pulled the trigger. 

I am hoping I can take him off the LLC and return his original purchase price and that none of this would trigger any tax consequences as there would be no gain or loss from his end.