Hello @Andrew T.Didn't recognize you there. :) 

Be careful, the ADA only recognizes dogs for service animals, but residential rentals fall under Fair Housing that accepts any animal(s) as ESA's, and violations of the Fair Housing Act are very expensive. 

If so then you will not receive your funds until then so your accountant could treat the initial sale as an installment sale with no receipts and have all of the receipts come in 2019 which means that your gain won't be recognized until 2019 so you won't pay tax until April of 2020.  

If you have anymore suggestions on how to recognize and find good deals, by all means go for it.

Learn to recognize the common structure of a stupid sob story.

Your parents have the means to pay (albeit for a little while), so pay they must before Medicaid will.You can complain all you want about "moochers" and make yourself sound like an indignant jerk or you can recognize that this is partially how we fund these programs. 

Accrue your expenses when you realize them or have a reasonable expectation of realizing them, and recognize your cash inflows and outflows in the period they happen.

But if you are using a residential mortgage (Fannie/Freddie if you recognize those names) then the DTI term is what is used. 

.- Hold for 10 years and No gain recognized and no tax when electing Basis = FMV based.Let look at an example and do some basic math.Meet Bob-Bob sold Real Property on September 15, 2018.

DSTs were formally recognized for 1031 treatment in Rev proc 2004-86.