Part of the reason for this is that this past year was a tough year for my Dad, as he lost his father, and there was an unfortunate legal battle (which has since calmed down), with an unfortunately uncommunicative sibling in charge of the estate. 

Reason being, if you are challenged, you have an invoice and payment to prove this work was done from a third party. 

May be a tough pitch but can happenThis is also pending sufficient space exists to add them.

@John McKeeHey Johnthats a tough call.

Can they prove how long it takes to rent a vacant property?

One day, my wife came home from a tough meeting with her manager, tears in her eyes, and said she couldn't take it anymore - she hated her job and didn't want to work anymore.

It is tough to buy the homes cheap enough to where you can then rehab them and sell them at a profit. 

The project is not for DIY though.Given that we have only 3 weeks before the IRS deadline, it's tough.

I think it is a tough model to do sharing amenities in common spaces.

Before the crash, it seemed like you couldn't get the numbers to work that well in terms of cash flow but you could find deals here and there and the financing and appreciation was definitely there.During the bust you could easily find discounts but the financing was impossible to get and the rental profits were extremely tough and thats even if you self managed.