Invest using tax-advantaged accounts when possible.Tax-advantaged accounts generally don't generate capital gains taxes federally, and generally not at the state level although individual state rules may apply.

The federal lending handbook says 12 months (the guidelines for most conventional banks) so most follow that. 

@Joshua Sclafani, The thing that I am pointing out is the government and new rules that Obama and his kind want to enforce on all the home repairs.

Note - If you answered yes to both of these questions you can receive a federal tax exemption for up to $500,000.

Possibly another school building and maybe even layering some state or federal incentives which is a whole other interesting, but fickle territory.

Government financing can be very difficult when repairs are needed but not impossible when repairs are needed.

I'm sorry you got sucked into that thinking it was a legitimate real estate course, you'd be better off forgetting the old rent/lease to own concept as now you have Dodd Frank to contend with, that's federal law.The only way you can hold on to a property is by not selling it, so are you saying your tenants can't buy?

At one point you had to visit 2 different government departments to register. 

The government jobs will always be here.

Crazily the government here put out a document that said that they wanted to eliminate gas heat from new construction on the grounds that it is a fossil fuel.