This makes me feel better!

I would prefer to self manage to avoid the high poperty management fees (I think its around 10% + 1 month leasing fee, etc.) and I also worry that the property manager will likely not be as dilligent in finding high quality affordable vendors, etc.I see 4 major pieces of work1) Tenant finding: I feel comfortable doing this remotely.

Hello Brayden, This may be a dumb question so forgive me for asking; I feel a little embarrassed to be honest.

So gift the proceeds tax free or put my name on house and sell it?

But as soon as their is a sale of the property - that differential goes away and the property appraiser is free to tax it at it's "just value" - which is usually some percentage below what you paid for it... like 15-20% less than what you paid.  

The RE Broker feels to try to short both, but not sure why they even think thats possible.Other groups to post this in?

If it's your primary residence, you'll be able to keep any gains tax free if you've lived there 2 of the last 5 years.

Section 8 may feel like guaranteed money, but they can stop paying or pull back funds at any time for a variety of reasons.  

I am looking to get a LOC against my portfolio of 12 rental properties that are owned free and clear.  

But I feel like there is a lot involved that I don't know much about.