Is there some kind of tracing tool I don't know about that can help us figure out where the line goes?

The intended strategy is buy-and-hold.Below is my plan:1) Using my county's property search tool, pull a list of all 5-20 unit apartments built after 1960.2) Comb through and validate the entries (ensure that mailing address is the owner's rather than the LLC's registered agent's.

The tools in radar gives you 100's of ways to slice and dice every possible piece of property data.Frank

The podcasts, tools, blogs and forums are informative and entertaining.

I love the ease of use and all the tools they provide, but you do need to know a bit about wordpress and SEO to use its full features.Currently you can get a plan with InvestorCarrot for $29/mo for 1 website.

BP has them available under the "Tools" section.

You can fake it pretty well with some of the BiggerPockets calculators, but I'd recommend building your own spreadsheets and presentation tools, because it will force you to really understand the details.

There is a ton of equity built into this home, so we found the HELOC was our best tool.

And you want to be the owner of the property on title.And she wants to get out of her situation, not have to deal with the house or payments anymore, and also doesn't want to have this loan hanging over her head indefinitely.There is a way to set this up to where everybody is happy and protected, and from what you've shared, this does seem like a perfect candidate for a subject-to structure.Use that little search tool at the top right of your page and look for "subject to" ... you will find some great threads on this topic where people who are much more experienced with subject-to than me speak to how it works.

Therefore, you are pretty open in regards to who you can work with.Opportunity Zones and 1031 exchanges  are great tools that can help you defer taxes.Best of luck to you in your search.