That could be a good time to consider extracting equity via a refi so you are once again not getting taxed.Another way that you can write off losses the year incurred (other than having income less than the threshold) is to be an RE professional. 

Need to find something off the grid to extract value that other buyers do not know about.   

I wonder if the crane tower is part of the structure or if it's somehow extracted after the building is finished.

A great method for extracting money from people; maybe not so great for the people.

My purpose is to reduce the fear associated with an out-of-control legal system set up on extracting assets through Legal Extortion Rackets by protecting your wealth from such attacks, while leaving you with both control and beneficial use of your assets.

Let the tenant know that all back rent will be due as soon as the politicians extract their heads out of their behinds.

I am in LA county and I already spoke with the probate department at the courthouse and they said the only way to extract that info is actually go down there and pull each record one by one.  

After repairing and adding value to the house, any appreciation value (equity) can then be extracted and used at your discretion.  

It will cost several hundreds to $1k, or even $2,500 retainer fee, but I bet you can extract a lot more money from three of them for fraud.

@Alison MichelDOM can be used as a negotiating tool to extract a much lower price.