If you really want the property, just put in your best and final ... otherwise, if you want to try to horse trade a bit put in a lower offer and try to negotiate but understand then that you are running the risk of getting beat out by a higher offer in the meantime.

I hope you don't take offense to this, but you've put the cart well before the horse.

Then present the deal to her along with plans that prove to her that you value her want to take care of her with out using her as a work horse.

But read through all that, see what resonates for you, and at a minimum I'd get another opinion from another CPA before going too far.More than anything, what I've learned is to be careful putting the cart before the horse.

Doing that is like putting the cart before the horse.

I have no horse in the race, it just fun to debate it.

Property taxes: If you have the exemptions in your state then jump on that horse and ride it into the sunset.

I have not created an entity yet, I have the details for it, it simply has not happened. It has not fit into life at this point, no excuses, just hasn’t happened.A 10 unit property has popped up that could be what I w...

Holding on is spending money to house a dead horse.

You can't discriminate against someone in a wheelchair but it's not "reasonable" to install an elevator in a four-plex so the disabled person can rent the upstairs apartment.Emotional Support Animals are not limited to cats and dogs so the individual could have a miniature horse.