I currently do not hold my CPA and I am not giving you official tax advice but..You live in the state with THE HIGHEST state income tax but want to buy in a state with no income tax that gets their tax money through property tax (the 4th highest in property tax).

Even though they weren't officially on the lease, in that particular state/county, they couldn't be shut out.

It really sounds like you broke the lease by renting the property before the official lease term was up even though she wasn't living there. 

deals that been closed and registered in the country/city official records?

So far none of the incentives have gotten officially approved because they are still secret.Everyone needs to start watching the postings of the public meeting agendas.

If you are officially in divorce, that will be resolved ("That" being the wife doesn't want to sell to you) shortly as the courts will determine who gets the house (And the liability associated with it).

While the home will still technically produce negative cashflow, it would give me a very cheap monthly payment on a house that is steadily gaining value.Now, over the next year, my goal is to purchase another SHF in the area as my first official "rental" property, with the intent of positive cashflow and passive monthly income.

Trusts are not official legal entities in the sense that it can make decisions like a person.

I explained to him that I was a new investor and I could get a official contract, but he was done.That was my bad first experience but I'm not giving up.

I have the ability to diagnose and repair an air conditioner with zero official training.