Given your goal of building significant equity for a down payment, especially considering housing prices in your area, it's crucial to carefully evaluate the tax implications of each savings option, but you've come to the right place, as here at BiggerPockets, there are more than 20 CPAs who can help you.As with loan consolidation, REP status, and potential cost segregation in existing properties, the way you save for your initial investment can also have significant tax consequences.

I've done that before and they usually don't care if the LLCs are new. 

Starting small, analyzing each opportunity carefully, and gradually scaling across multiple markets, like you’re doing with central PA and Jacksonville, is the best way to gain experience and build confidence while managing risk.

although I buy and sell probably 100 plus SFRs a year I dont care how good a deal i get on them I dont want to be a landlord so its just inventory to me and inventory that gets sold to others who do have the dream of being a landlord. 

Treat it like a business, run your numbers carefully, and focus on steady, scalable growth.

Be careful not to get over-extended as it’s unwise to buy property without sufficient capital reserves to CYA if something expensive comes up. 4.

I am concerned if tenant vacates (who is original tenant for last 6 years ever since i bought this property hoping she will extend lease which is coming up in 4 months from now) it will be bit hard to take care of mortgage for many months from money from my pocket.

In the past, Fed Chairs have been careful to only release a carefully-worded statement when they raise or lower rates so they didn’t “spook the market.”

That said, STR's can still cashflow in 2025 and beyond but you will need to choose a market that is not totally saturated and do your analysis carefully. 

I would recommend carefully considering several key points before deciding to move forward with a cost segregation study.