This helps preserve the court record for the Plaintiff and Defendant for the case.  

I really dont know if the objective is to lower taxes or preserve the value.

Their objectives and costs of capital are different than ours:   Foreign buyers are often  looking for preservation of capital and care little about any rate of return above that.  

You can preserve your interest and that is it.  

@Joseph Gibbons  I really like purchasing properties in winter in northeast Ohio because IMO there is less competition and banks have an asset that is getting further damaged by the weather for the reason @James Wise stated which is poor preservation.

Therefore we invest in long term appreciating assets to preserve our cash flow.Don't forget to check out the blogs and podcasts.

Therefore we invest in long term appreciating assets to preserve our cash flow.Don't forget to check out the blogs and podcasts.

You are looking to create income, while some people are looking to preserve value, and others don't mind negative gearing for tax purposes...:)And then there's the reality that not everyone knows how to do the numbers.

AHP Fund (American Homeowner Preservation Fund), but they just sent out an email that they're temporarily suspending new investments due to overwhelming demand.

The way you're doing it invites risk - unless you're doing it strictly for entertainment. well for sure it invites one of my favorite Texas sayings.. those that are all Hat and no Cattle will be pitching their deals..Even though the thought is to grow the funds.. that's great but number one is capital preservation that's number one then move out from there.. and remote rehab for beginners like the Greene book that is a receipe for utter disaster.. some can pull it off but if you have never rehabbed a home and are trying to do that 2k miles away.. there are going to be a lot of people lose a lot of money following that advice.