I would never own rental properties in my personal name.

Its only good for tax purposes if its still a wise investments and you do not lose money on it.

The idea of purposely burning down the home came to me.

Is your $15k even enough of an emergency fund for you personally?  

Quote from @Irina Badal: I heard for anonymity purpose it’s advisable to set up a personal residence trust.

Personally, I love working with distressed properties, especially foreclosures.

The key is to identify personal property from real property.

@Kyle Carter You cannot directly use a 1031 exchange to purchase a primary residence, as the IRS mandates that the replacement property must be used for investment or business purposes.

Am I misinterpreting the purpose of the ___ fields, and they just mean "modify this in some way", and in the (G) instance the correct modification would be to delete the payment types which aren't accepted?

How do you evaluate if a property is ideal for flipping or if you should keep it as a rental? I never understood why people would have a flip, boost the value by tens of thousands of dollars, then sell it as opposed t...