Another advantage with this method is you get a chance to make repairs and upgrades before your first tenants move in saving tons of headaches fixing problems of a 50 year old house later.

@J ScottIntent is key however if a pattern of suspicious activity occurs the IRS will probably still have issues with the method used.

I use the method described in one of the Rich Dad Education books [I'm not sure which one maybe Rich Dad RE Tax Advantages or The Real Book of Real Estate].I have an S-Corp as my "parent" company and then LLC's under that.

All these comps are within 200 sq. ft of eachother and I'll be using the square footage method to get my ARVMy question is... is there a reasonably reliable way to adjust the sold price of these homes based on them having an extra bedroom and bathroom?  

There are a lot of different methods out there.

Property owners have a right to sell their home using whatever method they choose, so can you blame them for making a financial decision in their own best interest? 

There is a method a brilliant NASA scientist developed.

I was young and dumb once and made a wonderful life of making every wrong choice you could and racking up about 50k in debt from school loans to taxes to anything you could think of... then I got lucky and met my wife who is my financial guru :) through HARD work "I work 60-70" hours a week and still do slowly I turned my shameful 520 credit score to over 700 by using your exact method well close to mentioned above...

Hi,If you are looking to save money and also a solution to leaking, i would suggest to reinstall roofing with modified bitumen, it will make your space more elegant and attractive, This option is not so long lasting, but is costs less & In terms of durability i would prefer you to go for EPDM method for re-installing roofing.

My problem is that Texas doesn't allow you to use your HELOC like a checking account.I'm hoping to find someone who has successfully used the HELOC method in Texas to gain some insight into how they did it.Bi-weekly payments are an option (and less of a risk) but the overall interest savings is not as much as paying a big chunk of the principal at one time.