Use this as a way to secure downpayment, then refinance and pay back the loan to secure your cryptocurrency.That said however, I think real estate investing is going to change dramatically over the next several years, largely due to smart contracts and tokenization.

.🔹 Insurance Challenges – Even when insurance pays, it rarely covers the actual cost to completely rebuild.

What should I pay attention to if i was to get a property in this situation through an auction?

That's not a show stopper since you'll never go broke paying tax on profit.But the ability to use all of that big tax bill to benefit yourself throughout the rest of your life and then pass it along to your heirs tax free is seriously worth considering. 

Learn to control your spending and pay off debt.

We're taxing paying citizens unable to use the court system. 

The fact that you have a TAX-FREE income is crazy good.  

How much do they want you to to pay, to pay off one of the mortgages (or both of their existing mortgages)? 

A HYSA pays 4.5-5%(before rates went down) pre-tax, 3% net tax if you're a high earner. 

I will not comment as to the tax laws and underlying rules - that is a discussion you can have with your tax advisor who presumably you are paying to help you.What I will do is provide practical and business guidance on tracking time.Firstly, there are apps available that can assist with time tracking where you can specifically detail your time, who you met with, etc.