Although I am pretty close to opening a LLC, I still wanted to ask this question as a general one.- I purchased my property in 2017 but haven't rented it out yet due to rehab, should I write off the closings costs as well as other expenses when I'll be doing my taxes for 2018 in 2019? 

It outlines techniques for getting your ducks in a row, then goes through all manner of rough numbers which I've found to be pretty accurate.

used to be quite active at courthouse steps.. but pretty much a non starter these days.I had lunch yesterday with one of the biggest buyers a total of 4 homes went to sale in the whole metro area..

Assignment contracts are pretty simple, it can be as simple as a single sentance: I Carlos assign all my rights and responsibilities for the purchase contract of the property located at (address) to (assignee’s name) in exchange for (assignment fee).  

Normally, it's pretty straight forward on Turbo Tax, when the expenses to purchase a rental and the income from the rental are in the same year.

My portfolio is pretty small, so we are talking about a few extra LLC's for me.

I live in the SFV and it’s rare to find a 2-4 unit they are pretty scare and like you said they are all priced crazy .

If this is in the Atlanta metro area, that sounds pretty low and could very well be in a rough area.

@KimLisa Taylor is a pretty active securities attorney here on BP and may or may not have some insight for you.

No, no laundry there, but there's definitely space for storage, although the basements were pretty clean, when I did my visual walk-through, before purchasing the 4-plex.