It looks like you have a chance to appeal in an oral hearing with expert witnesses.  

Then he has the cash without any tax penalty and can invest some or all of it later without being bound to the pressure and process of 1031?

If the taxes due at tax sale are 1K and your bid of 10K is the highest bid, the property is redeemed you get all 10K back and you get paid interest only on the 1K or all 10K ?   

This is kind of a 2 parter.I'm looking to do a HELOC on my current home in hopes of using some or all of it towards the down payment of my hopefully soon to be 2nd home.

Just wanted to reach out to the community and see if anyone had sourced some or all of their down payment funds from cryptocurrency (bitcoin, ether, ltc).

I first refer them to the resources above and if they have utilized some or all of them, then I will consider meeting in person to chat more.

While true, you need to submit a list of properties within 45 days of closing and cant change them AND close on some or all of them within 180 days AND use all the cash proceeds.3.   

The brick is full-sized brick, all laid horizontally as a veneer cavity wall.There are other small settlement cracks in different areas outside the house as well.From googling, my best guess is that the house has settled due to shrink and swell issues in clay soil and it impacted the brick negatively due to there being no expansion joints.So now I am trying to figure out, do I go through with the purchase or not?

The 2nd loan covers the 3.5% down payment and most or all of the closing costs.Utah has seen very solid appreciate the last few years. 

Wraparound mortgage or all-inclusive trust deed (AITD)Property is located in Los AngelesSales price 3,800,000Down payment 950KSeller will give Buyer AITD for 2,850,000Current loan 2MSeller carry 850K Interest only 5% No prepayment penaltyBalloon in 24 months