But as @Ned Carey pointed out, whether it is on the one person or all depends on who is named in the lease and how the lease is worded.

True story regarding rose bushes....I have a nurse friend and when we go up to Atlanta we trade ER/hospital horror stories (we both work in the medical field).She tells me the story of a fellow who is out working in his rose garden, trips, falls forward right on a thick cane of a rose bush that pierces his orbital cavity (the space above one eye).

If you can possible unwind some or all of these transactions, I'd give some serious though to doing that.

Maybe it was limited to a specific, geographic area or all the contracts are coming from one or two lenders?

I've been debating whether or not to put hand labor on the giant piles of debris in the back yard, or hold off a month+ to do it with a bobcat. 5 minutes with a bobcat, or all day with hand labor... on the other hand, the trash looks really, REALLY bad.Today we cleaned the interior out, cut the padlocks off the door, and demolished the bathroom.

Now it is becoming a physical strip search - body cavity search, underwear size & wife's bra size to satisfy the banker's hoops to get a loan.

Reading the gurus stuff I tell myself--wouldn't it be great to short sell one or all of these properties to someone, and then by them back via a lease purchase option after the other party had financied them.

If you can find a good enough deal, you can get most or all of your cash back out.

Hi, I'm contemplating giving the renters an opportunity to work off part or all of their rent by helping manage the property.

To avoid taking a huge capital gains/ depreciation recapture hit, they could use passive losses carried forward to off set most or all of their capital gains.