Interest rate and insurance cost in Houston will make house hack harder now but it is not entirely impossible. for particular Indepdent Height, arces homes, and highland height is a great area that is growing in my opinion. 77021 near medical center has some really nice streetLook for home that has garage apartment, duplex or big land to put up additional structure later on. look for area with low tax rate and no HOA. plenty of them around

We were even able to save the borrower from paying the hefty NYS and NYC recording tax by arranging for a CEMA with the existing note.

Way too much liability and risk out there.You can't purchase a residential property in a new LLC in NJ unless you have two years of tax returns on the entity or a relationship with a local bank who will allow it.

I've most often seen it with sellers who aren't interested in doing a 1031 and they save some on taxes, earn interest, have a swtream of payments, but no obligation to operations/maintenance. 10 years or less is likely.

I like Nevada because it's close to CA, low property taxes, landlord friendly and has strong tech and manufacturing job growth. 

They didn’t go as strict as they threatened, at least not yet…https://www.atlantaga.gov/government/departments/city-planni...2 properties maximum and the first one must be  your primary home… so be prepared to move there and pay state income taxes  https://www.atlantaga.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/54610/6...you and your landlord will have to get this form notarized.Please just make sure you have a plan to keep making rent payments after your short term rental plans are banned.  

You can always complete a line of credit or cash out refinance and repurpose that equity while keeping the asset (all tax free money). 

The owner doesn't need to show alot of additional income for tax purposes but wants to sell the house.  

I am a little concerned about the high property taxes in Texas.

We've both spent 100+ hours through various means over the past year - are we able to run a cost segregation study that would benefit both of us from a tax write-off perspective or only the person who spent the most time?