I'm not sure what your issue is but I KNOW that there are investors at BP that aren't corner cutters and will stand-by the homes they sell. 

Nada.Assuming it wasn't rigged, does anyone know what I may have done wrong?  

Get tired of the cookie cutter boxes.4.

In my area, nothing is cookie cutter.

., not a law firm simply cranking out cookie cutter agreements).2) In my State, there is an $800 State filing fee that must be paid every year for each LLC when an In State LLC is utilized, or in nearly every other case, where an Out of State LLC is utilized.3) Very inexpensive Umbrella Insurance will most adequately address all of my realistic liability issues.4) Mandatory ongoing maintenance, record and reporting requirements are avoided for each LLC formed.This does not mean that LLCs are necessarily inappropriate vehicles for some individuals with a scale of operations and scope of liability that makes entity formation an effective and efficient liability limitation tool.

I guess for some reason I thought there would be a simple cookie cutter answer to this situation but of course nothing is simple when it comes to taxes. 

@Max Alford- yes ...dont need a fancy rig   but  try to get an vehicle that isnt beat up and that  can  fit 4 people ( family) 

Al eventually graduated to foreclosure sales ... from what I read in the papers they were rigging the purchases. 

Aloha,You should be able to run a 3/4" cable with a cutter blade by pulling a toilet closest to where the line heads to the street, or from a clean-out at a laundry standpipe (or other vertical main drain line), or if there is a floor drain on the lower level (often the floor drain will have a pipe plug under the grate, inside the rim), that is a clean out access too.

We avoid the cookie cutter approach and prefer to add some features and trim that stand out from the rest . . . not much of a price difference but feedback and speed of sale confirm our approach.