Personally I am not sure what investing out of state looks like, and I would truly feel incredulous if I could get help from any of you amazing friends here on bigger pockets!

I would personally keep the property unless it's going to be tough to cover the difference. 

You need to pass "material participation" test and personal use test, but that's for your future tax professional to explain.Yes, bonus depreciation is possible, but only on the current value of the personal property and land improvements.

I personally use batch skip tracer.

If you are doing this for your personal properties, I would consider Quickbooks or Stessa.

I would highly recommend staying away from anything being transferred from one person to the other directly.

My current rentals are all in my personal name with conventional loans.

Situation:1- W2 employee making $230000-$300000 a year. 2- owned 2 properties under personal name, 1 in LLCWhat are the best way to get tax benefits ?

I would personally wait to buy a property until you're down there.

But I began this reply with IF, because if they are all cash-flow positive, I would personally not seek to pay any of them off early (depending on your age), and instead save that money to put towards obtaining additional properties.