When you buy the home, then the LLC would recognize a capital gain on the sale and pass the gain on to the owners as well as the sale proceeds.

Here are my two cents, some banks are recognizing the benefit of having a good process for dealing with short sales.However, I am noticing that real estate agents and sellers are wasting a ton of time trying to get a bank to agree to a short sale with no written offer.

Marriage is a religious covenant, government should get their nose out of it all the way around.Now, the issue of whether the government should "recognize" any kind of union is a whole different question.Having said all of that, I have a question to those who oppose gay "marriage" ...

Whether you like it or not, how many of you instantly recognize picures of certain agents in your market because they have built their own brand by keeping their image on all their marketing.

They might not recognize the term "QI" for example.

In my opinion, the informed investor understands all of these, and more, and recognizes that they have different purposes and can satisfy different objectives.For example, on the original subject, cap rates.

I have been in contact with them, but they seem intent on trying to sell the house and make the owner a profit.Unfortunately, it appears as if you are working with a realtor that doesn't "get it".They will be a road block until all parties recognize that it is a short sale situation.

Congress even recognized this fact and instituted changes to the US tax code that introduced what is known as "depreciation recapture."

If you are being "charitable", I say great but be sure you are giving to a real charity so you can get the tax break too; not too many tenants are charities as recognized by the IRS.

But banks may also not want to recognize losses that accompany the sale of properties at deep discounts when they are having difficulty raising the capital they need to meet statutory minimums, Olshin said.