Buffet stuck to his rule of not investing in something he doesnt understand.

@Jon Fletcher There are basically two potential options. 1) Amend the tax return in the year of purchase and prove you used capital gains to purchase the property and 2) Sell the property to an OZF, follow the 20% related party rule and then the structure of the sale of the property to be able to reinvest the gains.

Michael, Every bank has different rules.

If you claim it as your personal residence, don't also go and try to claim bonus deprecation against it would be my rule of thumb 

Profits do not justify their effort even with the ADU addition in this case typically not being hands off .Here is a list of things that make ADU additions a less than optimal RE investment but the value added and starting with tens of thousands negative is a big one that needs to be well understood. 1) The value added by the ADU addition is often significantly less than the cost of adding the ADU.

Of course, many investors bend/break this rule, but that's another risk.2) If your bid wins the foreclosure auction, you then have to deal with getting rid of any occupants - who may steal/damage everything they can in retaliation:(3) You MUST have a great crew on the ground that can minimize surprises - not easy to do on your first deal.Regardless if you buy a foreclosure or other property, read our copy & paste advice below:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Recommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.Property Class will typically dictate the Class of tenant you get, which greatly IMPACTS rental income stability and property maintenance/damage by tenants.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.If you buy/renovate a property in Class D area to Class A standards, what quality of tenant will you get?

Garland has some pretty onerous rules for STRs and even requires a license and inspections at every lease turnover for LTRs which has put me off investing in the Garland/Mesquite market period.https://www.garlandtx.gov/DocumentCenter/View/15034/STR-Info...

There are some great tax strategies for short-term rentals, but very important to be aware of the personal use rules to make sure 280(A) doesn't become an issue. 

I would work with the lender and put together a well thought out Reconsideration of Value (ROV) with better comps and detailed reasoning to justify the higher ARV.There are lenders that don't do appraisals for hard money loans so you could try that in the future to avoid these situations. 

It's a lot prettier.https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/irs-wins-14-000/...A cryptocurrency exchange called Coinbase that deals with bitcoin and other digital currencies has been ordered by the IRS to start forking over information about some of its customers.According to Business Insider, a U.S. district court ruled that Coinbase needs to supply the personal information of 14,355 of its customers to the IRS as the agency tries to combat tax evasion.The customers affected by the order conducted Coinbase transactions of more than $20,000 between 2013 and 2015, which includes 8.9 million transactions.