If the house value goes way up, the seller has taken a loss, as without the option, he could have sold for more.

Should I try to sell without repairing (taking a loss even if I could find a buyer)? 

I considered listing as 'for sale by owner' to save on commissions, and even put up Rent2Own signs which did get a lot of interest in the first weekend.However, after looking at the refinance term sheet from that weekend, I decided to just cut my losses short and sell.

@Thomas Richardson As @Mike Grudzien mentioned, reading my book doesn't exactly tell you how to "pitch" to private lenders but it does help you understand how to present deals to novice or new PMLs within your network by being able to show them how you'd protect and safeguard their capital with things like equity protection, title insurance policy, loss payee on your property insurance policy, going through a third party title and escrow or attorney to close the loan, etc.

But, naive instagram followers sometimes send hundreds of millions in cumulative investment dollars to these social media personalities, allowing them to buy their beach/mountain homes just with the acquisition fees. 3) Ability to make lopsided bets that can't result in losses for the syndicator (only their LPs): Because of the naivete of their investors and lopsided power dynamic, the syndicator can pursue strategies that give them the ability to make lopsided bets that ensure generational wealth for their family (their LP investors take all the risk). 

This makes more sense to us than relying strictly on  rigid yes or no criteria where any negative  disqualifies a candidate entirely.Some criteria is weighted more heavily and can overcome negatives. 

I had a passive loss form the syndication, I am not sure whether I should input 0 or the actual loss number in D-400 Schedule PN Line 11 Column B.My confusion is for federal tax, I know passive loss should be filed with 8582 and put 0 in 1040.

The Exclusions From Coverage for a standard ALTA Owner's Title Policy provides:The following matters are excluded from the coverage of this policy, and the Company will not pay loss or damage, costs, attorneys’ fees, or expenses that arise by reason of:4.

Dave is correct -- If your appreciation is incorrect, you will be in deeper doo doo.You can write off losses to lessen the pain.

For example, if you had a full time job (2000 hours per year), you'd have to justify that you did 2001 hours doing real estate related activities.See the IRS' page regarding activities:  https://www.irs.gov/publications/p925#en_US_2022_publink1000...The other question is why are you have so much passive losses to bring onto your main 1040?