It's my understanding that if there's a "partial exclusion", I'd use a Form 8949 with Code H...And if it's "fully excluded" and there's no 1099-S issued (which I indeed received no 1099-S), then I'd simply not mention it at all.But my biggest question is....

They were good at taking your money and timely kicking out certificates of insurance, but if you have a claim, that is a different story.While they paid a fire claim (an ex-lover of the tenant set the dwelling on fire, because the tenant purportedly broke up with him) NREIG made it difficult, and attempted to undervalue the claim on the basis the property was not properly insured.  

It's unfortunate but simply the reality.

Either that, or “Chris” in Pakistan is simply regurgitating his “unfortunately” word salad script.  

It is also far easier and more cost effective to scale by selling membership interest of an LLC or simply purchasing your real estate in LLC's where you raise money from friend's and family to serve as LP investors.   

As I indicated, you can simply look at the price to know this is true.

It's an attempt to buy votes during an election year.

Might in that if this is simply a deal that's on the MLS and all you've done is point it out to me, I wouldn't pay you anything. 

I am simply not seeing why any of those would be considered smart design decisions.

And or we simply raised our prices and values went up a ton and remained sticky..