IMO, there are other clear factors for which the PM LLC would benefit me, such as converting the rental income from passive to active and making it eligible for the IRS Foreign Earned Income Exclusion as well as a Solo 401k and SEP IRA, while this would add the self-employment tax, it would drop my taxable income considerably.

A few particulars-We live in MT-Married filing jointly-Filed QJV since start of business-Owned property since 07/2019-The property was bought with 2 homes, we added a 3rdand a workshop-All three homes were STR during summer months-We lived on the property all months of the year (Summer in workshop / other times in one of the homes) and the entire time we owned it-Sale date 06/30-Approximate estimated capital gains of $590,000We have filed taxes ourselves since purchasing the property and with the sale trying to figure out the capital gains exclusion along with the business use, personal use and recapturing depreciation…it’s all just a bit too much for us.

While an LLC may be beneficial for other reasons, the California parent-child exclusion is not eligible for property given through an entity. 

If they haven't given high value gifts prior, then they will fall under the 5mil (I believe that is current per person) exclusion, which makes everything easier to you, and then to LLCs at a later time.

Big Bear is a secluded and exclusive community and I found using zillow and redfin MLS to be an inadequate and inaccessible form of looking for deals fo this particular location.

WikipediaLow crime - High crime and long-term appreciation and rent growth are mutually exclusive.

The reason is that even when loans are "assumable", the borrower looking to take on the existing loan generally needs to qualify just as if they were taking the loan on as a brand new loan and personal loan programs are usually geared exclusively to people not business entities.

Almost exclusively they have a relationship with a national QI service. 

You can be exclusive to yourself and do not have to work with anyone else.

For example, I work exclusively with investors, so it was very important for me to have an in-house full service property management team.