Since you've lived in the apartment since 2007, you likely won’t be hit with any capital gains taxes as long as your profit is under the IRS exclusion limit ($250k for single filers or $500k for married couples).

And the savings a tax pro can provide can easily outweigh the costs.I would recommend reaching out to some here on BP and see if they are accepting new clients.

But, the longer I've worked at it, the easier its been to accept the things that have come my way.

They are not accepting comps from food or other similar lease terms.

., Phx. 85027, nice house, close to yours, stainless appliances, very nice backyard, and they accept pets, read the description the realtor wrote about that house and pets.Also look at the others on Zillow in that area.

2) What DSR prepayment penalties are you prepared to accept?

Question: have you ever accepted a loss to offset gains late in the year?

What kind of options are available that I could use to entice the seller to accept a 5-10% or smaller downpayment on a seller finance deal?

Unfortunately, human nature is such that if I do spend hours, days, months vetting a sponsor, and ultimately sign off on them, I will already be biased to accepting the next deal they offer, regardless of whether it is good or not.  

As long as the tenant receives it and signs a copy, you should be good.Certified Mail works because the Courts accept this as delivered even if the tenant never picks it up.