I tried the Reia and it's basically a giant sales pitch

I am financing the difference between the existing mortgage and the sale price.

Hey @Scott Trench unfortunately real estate losses (active or passive) will not offset portfolio income from stock sale gains. 

An experienced agent would have worked with the seller to do the repairs before they sold, and captured the forced equity in the sale.

Then in the next rent cycle 1 tenant moved out and the new replacement paid the old rent sans the $50 discount, and in the second year the other tenant's rent was raised $50, so we were back to the original rent. 

Purchase price: $655,000 Cash invested: $40,000 Sale price: $770,000 Purchase and hold.

LouisReleasing Federal Land for private sale? 

Properties with fewer than five units are classified as residential, making the loans ineligible for sale on the secondary market through Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.

Purchase price: $225,000 Cash invested: $40,000 Sale price: $375,000 Bought a large 4 bedroom pool home and flipped

So she would have earned say 5% on her $280k (from a traditional sale after commissions.)