Wow $7 to wash & dry? 

For example, if we can increase rent (from LTR to MTR) by $1K/month, we spend ~$7K to furnish and stock.6) We pay for a professional laundry service to wash & fold our bedding and towels and couch protectors - every month.

The HOA board is typically reasonable, but they do make people keep up their lawns, wash their houses, etc. 

Mostly tolerable, except there is a child who periodically gallops the length of the house for up to 30 mins at a time.Dish detergent and body wash seem to be watered down.One, repeat 1, towel each for 2 people for 9 days. 2 rolls of TP.No house manual /house rules.At least it's better than the one in Chicago last year with a giant hair clog in the shower drain and tons of disgusting leftovers in the fridge (and lots more stuff).

I know that some people use the age of the house as a weed-out tool but you can't make a determination by age alone.  

His excuse was he was eager to get started.Construction began on October 16th 2017.

thanks Jon,Where the difference comes is if I own the land I farm, I cannot assign a cost (deduction) to the land I use, whereas if I rent it then I can deduct that expense.I gather from your response that I can rent from my LLC, it is a wash costwise but from a taxation standpoint I can now deduct the rent from income and show a lower net profit.Thanks,Tony

Crappy companies screw their clients with high interest rates, but there are plenty of good companies that offer wash loans at worst and an opportunity for positive interest rate arbitrage at best: your cash value is appreciating faster than the interest on the policy loans.The insurance company has the risk in the early years and it is transferred over to the policy owner as time goes by and the net amount at risk is decreased.The cash value in a life insurance policy belongs to the policy holder.

I showed the money to my brother, who's eyes widened in awe of this kings ransom.

So you'd probably come out as a wash at best.