There are also some areas that pay taxes (due to school districts) in two counties (i.e. 

From an attorney point of view, you need a CPA that can answer questions about limiting your tax liability or taxable events as your grow your business.

I understand ARV but when it come to figuring how much is a house on the market for is using the tax appraisal website better than apps like Homesnap or Redfin?

It will also be interesting to see how investors in the area react to the higher property taxes if their protests are denied.

The third party leasing companies are able to leverage economies of scale/ bulk buying power on equipment / vertical integration to drive costs down such that they can install solar cheaply enough that they will be making money on the system very quickly if not immediately (by selling the tax credits to banks/investors/tax equity funds and by selling energy back to the grid at a premium) .

If you’re not going to use an attorney, ask the tax collector about what you need to do.

You can rent your primary home for up to 14 days a year tax free. 

thannks Seth and Mary. 

They may want an S-Corp for tax purposes.

I am thinking of doing a cash out refi on the rental to fully payoff my primary residence if it would be advantageous from a tax perspective (given the new tax law's higher standard deduction for schedule A, I may not qualify for itemized for W2 income).