A LLC seems like the logical venue to achieve an offset to this year's taxes via MACRS along with adding to the basis with this year's improvements to the home, property taxes, etc. and luckily we already have one in good standing.  

There's been cases when someone bought  dozens of properties subject to, fell behind on all of them because of tenant problems on some of the properties, resulting in dozens of motivated sellers, thinking they solved the problem dumping the problem on a rescuer, losing their homes, and having bad credit to boot.There were extensive discussions on real estate boards regarding the issue: Subject_to_problemsIf you're taking about a 2 year master lease, maybe you're thinking of leasing with option to buy.

I added two more words and it seems happier now.

How do extension/renewals work? 

The new tenants chose to keep those appliances in place and I added an addendum in their lease that stated they were responsible for any costs associated with maintaining those appliances -- I continued to be responsible for the stove and refrigerator.  

The Comp Sale method and REI in general have enough variables in them already for the average investor; adding in the wrinkle of buying above market value is not something I'd do in general.

The route of adding a second will probably be the cheapest.2) Ask your current lender to refi the whole portfolio.

GP's are always adding to the list but the bulk of capital should be there from investors if they have done a good job in the past.

If you see block after block of split foyers, it's not going to be an easy or equitable buy.

We are adding about 300 new families a day to the Dallas Fort Worth area.