The 15.3% hit takes 2-3 years to recover with gains in the marketplace, etc., but it might make sense especially with Roth IRA or Roth 401k contributions.It gets tricky since you need a bona fide business to business relationship... doing other property management and / or handyman services helps create an arms-length relationship (and rise to Section 162 definition of being a business and not a self-dealing transaction).

When will people realize this is not investing?  

I know we can have a lawyer draft up a quit claim deed to get her sister off of the deed, but I have head this is similar to when people transfer ownership to LLC and could pull up the due on sale clause?

The data help with the science part, but the art comes from your design vision and connections with people in market who can give you information about the areas where you are interested in investing.I have used a lot of tools, and right now I am using AirDNA and BNBCalc to get different data driven views on properties.  

I appreciate the kind words, but please don't point more people in my direction! 

We are doing OK but hope to get a lot more bookings the rest of the year for people coming to Pigeon Forge.

And before people start labeling me as a  "housing crasher"-- I am not.

I have gone through ALDOR to purchase and I’ve also purchased through a broker, but I was looking to see if there were websites that also listed them that I could take a look at? Thanks 

There are too many varieties to be relaying on advice from people who haven't seen it and it's not their area of expertise.

I will say, when looking, use as much useful data as you can, but more importantly, work with people who know how to interpret the data.