That really does not add value to the house unfortunately.

The trees unfortunately are not together.

Unfortunately yes, this can happen.

Unfortunately, after using the BP calculator, I'm not sure how we could make this just break even ( calculator is about -1200 a month).

Rates have unfortunately been horrible lately with big spikes just in the last couple of weeks so even quotes from the beginning of the month are probably out of date at this point.

I (unfortunately) know people that go boom and bust every cycle!

I did tell the lawyer my lawyer like frivolous suits from lawyers as judges on generous with legal fees in such circumstances.  

Unfortunately, the BP site won't let me update the original list after 15 minutes, only add revisions.

(trying to think of a polite word for the not so nice word I am thinking).Unfortunately I don't have any other contact information for her.

You can use up to $25k a year of those passive activity losses if you are actively participating in your real estate ventures ("small landlord" exception) and income stays under $100k a year.So yes it can be useful if someone happens to fall under these circumstances, but for anyone who is going to have over $100k a year of retirement / other sourced income, they may be out of luck.It's all timing - you are just using up those PAL earlier than if you waited for the rentals to start producing taxable income (they normally do if it is a good investment), or a property is sold and PAL are released to offset that income.