DC takes all the tax payer money across 50 states and pours it all across Maryland and Virginia... 

We have seen taxpayers, often encouraged by promoters and armed with questionable appraisals, take inappropriately large deductions for easements.

The taxes in my unprofessional knowledge is s-corps and llc tax if elected the same is the same structure/tax pay output.To CPAs: Why can't someone, such as an entity be able to sell to another one in non-FMV, we all have seen distressed properties from individuals being sold on a steep discount, etc, why not the same as entity-entity?

Estimated Tax Payments: Lesser of 100% of the tax shown on the taxpayer's return for the preceding year or 90% of his tax for the current year.

What could make a deadbeat hillbilly happier that sitting on their fat butt; smoking a cigarette; working on a case of Bud; all of the while watching their 120 inch big screen TV - ALL PAID FOR BY THE TAXPAYERS?

When an IRA engages in a trade or business on a regular or repeated basis (which frequent flipping becomes) then the IRA is subject to taxation called UBTI meant to level the playing field for tax-paying business and protect them from unfair competition.So, generally an IRA is better suited to truly passive investments like holding rentals, private lending (such as to unrelated flippers), and syndications.

@Ryan ReidBelow are a sample of 2 instances when someone would want to perform a cost segregation study.1) They are eligible to claim real estate professional status and performing a cost segregation study would wipe out other forms of income.2) taxpayer has a lot of rentals and some are generating positive taxable income.Performing a cost segregation study on one property may wipe out the taxable income from the other properties.Best of luck.

The real estate bubble in 2007/2008 was primarily based on government-induced loans that were then backed by government via taxpayer.