@Bruce Woodruff nailed it.I don't ordinarily care how someone lives as long as it's not disturbing the neighbors, attracting pests, or damaging the property.

The frequency and substantiality of sales are highly probative on the issue of holding purpose because the presence of frequent sales ordinarily belies the contention that property is being held "for investment" rather than "for sale."

@Jeff Copeland in your experience, do you see investors take risks they wouldn't ordinarily take by having the HELOC?

If they're paying $1,000 a month just to cover the mortgage and it would ordinarily rent for $1800, that's almost $10,000 a year you are "donating" to them in the form of lower rent.

An unmotivated seller really has no reason to fix broken windows, replace dead plants or perform any type of repairs a buyer might ordinarily request of a motivated seller.

But bottom line is that by following a few guidelines you can sell investment real estate that would ordinarily trigger a tax and instead buy new investment real estate and by following those guidelines you do not have to pay the tax.  

Ordinarily, a repair to the heating and air conditioning system is not an emergency.iii.

Ordinarily, you're only supposed to hand-tighten this, to leave a good thick amount of plumbers putty under the flange to safeguard you against leaks.

Case law cites that “the presence of frequent sales ordinarily belies the contention that property is being held for investment rather than for sale.”To your point, the OP can likely report this one off flip on Schedule D as a case cites below:Reese v.

Ordinarily a syndication is heavy ownership % on the LP side .. for example 80% LP 20% GP with or without preferred return.My question is and I ask because I heard Podcast where Tim Bratz structures all of his deals this way:He offers 8-12% pref with a 100% LP 0% GP split until refinance and then ownership flips..