one basic reason is because if you ever needed to get that property back in your name or move it into a trust, etc, the transaction of removing it from the s Corp would be considered a sale and the s Corp would be liable for taxes from the gain, even though you’re moving it from an entity you own to yourself.

When you start including incentives, I fear some lesser GC's would use this as an opportunity to gain a little more cash and your finished product would suffer as a result.

The 31 chapters of Proverbs, KJV or Amplified(Amplified is very easy to read not so old-timey), even without the aspect of religion the insights gained for business and life in general from Proverbs is profound. 

It is not as clean, but still allows you to defer tax payments on gains (and recapture).

At this time my greatest focus is to gain as much education as possible so I can move forward with my first house hack within the next 12 months.

How were you involved, what happened to your business, and what lessons did you learn that we might benefit from? 

I've been reading as much as possible about REI and decided I wanted to go with a long term rental strategy in an effort to leave my job as a police officer in six years.  My goal is to replace my income with rental i...

There are benefits to both types and you can hold both funds if your plan is setup accordingly.

Want to make sure I'm taking full advantage of the tax benefits.

I do think they are trying their best to reduce shameless self-promotion for personal benefit, and sometimes things we say may be construed that way even if was not our intent.