,Bruce, holding a property for potential appreciation (i.e. not actively generating rental or business income) is a valid tax strategy. 

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Not worth it for me, but I only have 3 dozen rentals and 4 business entities.Depends on what you have and what you're trying to do I guess.

Do you want the property in business name/LLC etc?

I was on the hook for the roof and some other structural repairs now that I owned the building. 

Right now, I sit on about $60k reserves and operating expenses (I have other reserves for other business/life) and if that $60k dips down I let it fill back up, and as it starts creeping up I add to my "next purchase fund"- Yes, cash flow is lower and harder to find right now heading into 2024...but it's still out there.

What's the best business bank account and the best business credit card?

However, the issue I have is that I only have 1 year of solid income from the business, the year prior to that is inadequate, and I know most mortgage companies require 2 years of income to qualify.

Do we just structure a partnership?

I plan on using a property management company in order to keep the property in order until I move (eventually I want to bring property managers under my own business entity to focus only on my properties).