My lawyer then does a 2nd position note and security deed when we close and provides us both with an amortization table and payment amount.

Either way, you are responsible for the land but you can take any repair costs out of the security deposit.

Selling stocks, bonds, mutual funds or other publicly traded securities is not considered like-kind property to real estate and would not qualify for 1031 Exchange treatment.

If so the buyers agent would likely be able to supply you with the disclosures.

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Advertising, cleaning and maint, insurance, legal, repairs, supplies, etc... 1) Because property #1 wasn't "on market" during the renovation, does everything apply to the basis? 

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You would think though that as far as rentals go that because the inventory is less (homes lost to Sandy) that demand would exceed supply and push prices up. 

Require a non-refundable security deposit to hold it for them. 

We prefer to do move-out walk-throughs with the tenants, so they will not be surprised with how we handle their security deposit.