I believe doing walk throughs with others like you have been doing Account Closedis the most effective method in learning this.

The track season short term rentals and constant demand from people employed at the Navy training facility could make it work well for buy & hold. 

When you're self employed it's WAY more difficult to get a loan approved and I think you have to prove income as being self employed for 2 years.

When you are self-employed, they are irrelevant.

Turnkey is an excellent method to invest in Real Estate, it is important to understand your goals and strategy, then drill down the true meaning of turnkey for you, we can begin with:"Turnkey in simple terms means - a completed product or service that is ready for immediate use.

After doing more research, I do believe the gift method is the way to go.

Verify their income and employment .

Tax strategies can certainly boost returns, regardless of what real estate strategy you employ, but I think asking "do the higher short-term returns make up for the tax consequences" is somewhat backwards. 

I was speaking with a local real estate investor that mentioned his quick glance rehabbing formula he uses on houses he doesn't have the time or ability to do an actual walk through on (he does a lot of volumes, and q...

Unlike passive rental income, the income from an active trade or business is subject to self employment tax (a nasty 15% tax commonly referred to a “social security and medicare” by working folks).