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I agree on all the points you’ve shared and definitely use them for my research.One question I wondered about was if people care about political affiliations (red/blue area).

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I prefer SF area over Ohio for REI.this is not about politics, but about investment return.

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At this moment, we are now invested in 26 apartments across the US, replaced two six-figure incomes, and have retired from corporate America much earlier than we thought we could ever do.Lifestyles Unlimited has been around for 32 years and has over 50K members.

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IE a corp or LLC etc..

Of course, normal piercing of the corporate veil analysis applies and you can botch it up by mixing personal and company transactions or by failing to follow legal formalities for the LLC.

There is also one big issue with your tax projection - the taxes of $280 are based on the vacant land taxes and will likely go up to ~$2000-$3000 in a year or so when the assessor catches up with you.I realize there is a 1031 involved so a real estate purchase is necessary, but you should compare your ROI to a safe yielding instrument like a 10 year T-note or AAA corporate bond yield.