On propertyfinder.ae (non-mobile version) in the price graphs for areas like JLT, Marina from May 2021 I see price/sqft appreciating from 12 to 14%.

I have non-english speaking tenants, and they registered the tenant portal to pay by ACH (so no fee).

If you can’t do a 1031 to a non-income tax state, figure out a year when you will have lower income and tax rates ar as low as possible.

The short version is that you must have a  Private Placement Memorandum (PPM) to show your investors and you must decide upfront if you will only accept accredited investors or if you will allow investment from non-accredited investors.  

It is very nice with above average amenities and priced just $500 over what it would rent for as a non-furnished 12 month lease rental (I have two of those nearby so am very familiar with comps).

Turns out the theory was right, but the decline has been even steeper.You might be able to predict whether a future market will be better or worse than the current one, but predicting how much worse or better is nearly impossible.And don't even get me started on how sponsors could be manipulating purchase cap rate, whether intentionally or unintentionally, by reporting pro-forma caps, non tax-adjusted NOI, and so on. 

The business plan to pay untenable returns is not untenable, it’s non-existent.

You would have to go after the one individual for non-payment and you could only remove the other three by going through the legal process like you would for someone on a verbal agreement, which puts you in a he-said, she-said situation. 

It can potentially be deductible as an ordinary or rental expense, an itemized deduction or simply non-deductible. 

My wife and I have obtained three traditional loans and one lease with the option to purchase, resulting in most banks turning us down based on debt to income (non-portfolio lenders).