Yeah an MBA not being worth seems to be a repeating pattern from what i'm hearing so far which is helpful.

I honestly don't recall if it was court case, letter ruling, or a revenue ruling, but there was definitely one of those I read in the last few months that had a similar fact pattern - construction of project over several years, and it was deemed to have split holding periods when it was sold.

This way you can be sure that you questions are answered by someone with the understanding of your specific fact pattern.

Going forward, make certain that you perform a criminal background check on ALL contractors .... if the pattern holds, I am certain that your contractor has a criminal background involving prior theft and/or financial fraud. 

Travel patterns are changing post-Covid.

In this case assuming the fact pattern is in the past tense and has already occurred, you might consider a qualified opportunity fund and using the cost basis in the relinquished properties to reinvest in replacement properties.  

Not legal advice just musing on a fact pattern which sounds like it involves CO property.Owners title insurance is IMO not relevant... the judgment lien arose after acquisition due to the change of title.The due on sale clause is IMO not relevant either... the bank(s) are taking action because as a result of adding husband to title -- apparently a requirement of the loan -- the "1st" trust is now in 2nd lien position and the "2nd" trust is now in 3rd lien position, both behind the judgment lien.Title company should have done a judgment search on husband since they were presumably insuring the lien position of the latest lender(s)... at least the "1st" trust.

In stocks, if you spend a lot of time studying patterns, fundamentals, projecting growth, using options or other active trading strategies, you’ll likely find greater returns than someone who just throws it into a mutual fund.

I was about to leave this alone there is no duty to pay more tax than is necessary.When it comes to tax avoidance, we have been guided not by the invisible hand or the guilty hand but by Judge Learned Hand, who famously wrote: “Any one may so arrange his affairs that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which will best pay the Treasury; there is not even a patriotic duty to increase one’s taxes.”

Pick a zip code, learn it, know the demographics, study the crime patterns, where are the schools, where are the major employers.