If you paid under $230k, you’d save $30k in federal capital gains taxes and maybe another $15k or more in state income taxes.

If it wasn’t the insurance it would have been the property taxes.

The high property taxes takes out most of the profits. 

Because of the nature of a tax lien, it would be difficult to obtain financing from a commercial lender secured by the tax lien itself.  

@Dalton Foote I have had tremendous success using direct mail and mailing the owner of record where the tax bills get mailed to.Generally, property management companies don’t pay the real estate taxes so this gets me right to the owner.Targeting wise, I would just do a zip code filtered by unit count using a service like listsource.  

Is it fair that the county can raise property taxes due to a strong market?

Getting a DSCR of 1 in some of the higher tax counties of Georgia is tight, but we've been able to get through them.

Low barrier to entry, low taxes, landlord friendly, and areas that appreciate + cash flow. 

Is it better to get an LLC when I become a land lord to get some tax benefits?

Your requirements to defer all tax are to purchase at least as much as your net sale.