That's why the private money lenders are able to beat the wholesalers so easily and close a myriad of deals wholesale lenders will turn away immediately since they can't sell them on the secondary market easily. 

You could find those contacts pretty easily. 

Sure you might lose on some listings but you will win listings.

I did look at some of the material participation criteria and we should easily surpass the requirements since we pretty much spent time improving the home ourselves, managed all guest communication, etc.Thoughts?

You can easily do this on a spreadsheet and it will take less time to track than it would to find and learn a new software.

And when they do send over a deal, you have an answer by day's end.I wouldn't call it a tactic, I would call it a process, repeatable and consistent.Gino for the win once again!

If they aren't able to reduce your taxes then they don't get paid.I assume they are selective about which appeals they will take on since there is no benefit to them or the homeowner to not be able to win an appeal, but I have no knowledge of their internal business logic. 

If they are professional, they can explain this quickly and easily.

If it's going to tax foreclosure, and you win, you can wait 120 days for the IRS to come after you to collect...they usually don't unless it's a very juicy property. 

What I like about the BP calculator is that you can easily adjust the number to see where the variables need to be to break even.