While these are already great strategies to significantly lower or eliminate recapture on 1245 property they would become almost necessary in a 1031 where they previously weren't. 

Or you can choose to eliminate that flood expense entirely and reap the rewards of the massive NOI boost that no one else knew was possible.We do this work all day. 

These two combined will probably eliminate any positive cash flow.  

It's those maniacs that buy homes cash via quit claim deed off of craigslist that really get screwed.Make sure your property manager is a licensed real estate brokerage.Understand you can not eliminate all risk, only mitigate it.

The elimination of taxation on leveraged rental income is one, but keep in mind the tax impact in the IRA is nominal. 

It has also created banks that are too big to fail and consolidated some of the banks which has resulted in the elimination of some community and smaller banks.

It's those maniacs that buy homes cash via quit claim deed off of craigslist that really get screwed.Make sure your property manager is a licensed real estate brokerage.Understand you can not eliminate all risk, only mitigate it.

It will cost more and eliminate a lot of "deals" but as you are finding out, those may not be actual deals.

Is there anything besides putting in a softner in that may eliminate lime making its way thru the pipes?

@Vanessa Deluca, they may be undecided on what entity they will take title - LLC, personal name, etc.They also may be doing a 1031 exchange which involved assigning the purchase rights to their QI.They may want the actual purchasing entity to remain anonymous for a while - think celebrities etc.They might be trying to simply get it under contract and then find a different end buyer.When the clause doesn't remove their liability to perform it eliminates most of the unscrupulous type wholesalers and is probably nothing nefarious..