I look at it like a safety net incase one of my deals blew up on me. in these great years of late were I have paid very large amounts income tax if I had a melt down project and lost say 500 to 1 mil  ( which has happened to me in 09) I could then go backwards and recapture all the tax I paid the last 5 years.Now of course that's me were I have high exposure to risk.. if your exposure to down side is not as great then I think anything you can do to get out of AMT is good.Although I also like the uneven distributions you can do in an LLC and the general flexibility of the instrument itself

I am a huge proponent of investing time in front-end setup in order to automate and simplify daily operations.Several institutions like Capital One 360 and one of my local CUs actually allow you to build checking/savings accounts on the fly, which is the way I'm leaning...Any advice?

Automating and streamlining a process (online tools can support) + a leasing agent to show during an open house may help generate a higher cash flow.Hope that helps!

Any debt instrument must be non-recourse, meaning no personal guarantee from you.Flipping is a trade or business, and if your 401k/IRA engages in such a trade or business on a regular or repeated basis, there is a trust tax known as UBIT that applies.A leveraged flip is probably one of the more complex transactions one can do with retirement funds, and you will not only want to speak with professional providers of self directed plans, but also ensure that you have a skilled CPA on your team.

I tried calling any numbers I saw on the sites but just got automated menu's that lead me nowhere.Suggestions?

I wear all the hats in my small business; I simply want to automate the leads by creating systems that will bring quality leads to close more deals.

@David DachteraI thought tax returns and certain land record instruments could allow a judgement creditor to determine who the beneficiary is. 

They also have a very round about way of doing some things that I think could be automated to one transaction.

Side question, do you have an automated way to send out bursts of mail like that?

It should be a clause in the instrument that secures the loan.