Figure out how you want to handle you investing and what role real estate plays in that. 

I would make you rue the day you collected that $50K assignment fee, which rightfully belonged to my family member, and I probably have a good shot at figuring out some place where you screwed up, or misled. 

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.

If you are struggling to figure those out, reach out and I can help.

I have a 6-figure land business & am just here to help (no affiliate links).The best land investing program I have seen is Jonathon Haveles with The Land Method and Land Riches Blueprint. 

@Isaac Terry Recommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.Property Class will typically dictate the Class of tenant you get, which greatly IMPACTS rental income stability and property maintenance/damage by tenants.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.If you buy/renovate a property in Class D area to Class A standards, what quality of tenant will you get?

This was months ago and family member has lawyered up to see what’s going on we did continue working until we ran out of credit card figuring once the money is released we could just pay off the cards but the money is still on hold Back in October we decided that money does not exist and started applying for hard money loan/speaking to lenders and have gotten nowhere.

However, once you file your taxes, the IRS will figure it out and you're screwed!

We just love the country and plan to visit often and figured why not expand our business into Japan.

I was actually googling and saw this post pop up about safeguard so I figured I would jump into the conversation.