What Jordan likes about real estate is that there’s a sense of ownership and tangibility.

Very little risk and you can negotiate a up front fee or see if they will give you a % of ownership in the building.

I was very discouraged by last management so for now transferring to myself.

I now have a buyer for it, but want to do a quitclaim deed and transfer it into a LLC before selling it next month.Is this a good route?

If you repay a coronavirus-related distribution, the distribution will be treated as though it were repaid in a direct trustee-to-trustee transfer so that you do not owe federal income tax on the distribution."

Transfer that equity into a nice stable C or B class multi family in a decent midwestern city.

If I'm buying my SFH rental under my name and transfer to my LLC at closing, how do I or can I even write those costs off under my LLC?

I am an infantryman in the Army (so not much I can transfer over to the civilian world other than being able to manage people effectively).

Simply paying the taxes does not transfer title under adverse possession doctrine.  

They basically hold the building liable rather than the owner and that liability transfers from owner to owner until someone deleads it and breaks the chain.