Looking for investors and like-minded entrepreneurs to help me realize these goals.

Can all rentals be used by one credit card and one separate checking account then have another of each for personal stuff?

The condo should be discounted quite a bit as well due to the issues.I personally bought into such a situation back in the black days of 2010 in San Francisco.

Well Krystal , if you are looking in Anne Arundel county , finding a deal isnt easy , if and when you do the person going in all cash and closing in a week will beat you out .

Follow ups are key as the average person takes 3-5 touches before picking up the phone to respond.

If that person sticks around, he committed to that person as they did to him.

I've come up with two strategies that I could potentially get the cash out without the tax (or reduced cost) and wanted to see what you all thought.  1) I personally take a shareholder loan from my C corp.  

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Have a bit of personal debt I hope to get rid of by July. 2) Salary will jump up to 350-550k/yr next July (I'm a professional)3) Looking to get into real estate to create passive income.

However, if he acquires the property through a single member LLC that is also considered to be a disregarded entity with him as the sole member it would qualify because it is treated as if he personally bought the property.