In any case there is no taxable event yet.As far as your brother is concerned, it again depends on the nature of the transaction. 

(a) A person may acquire an option or an interest in a contract to purchase real property and then sell or offer to sell the option or assign or offer to assign the contract without holding a license issued under this chapter if the person:(1)does not use the option or contract to purchase to engage in real estate brokerage; and(2)discloses the nature of the equitable interest to any potential buyer.

Collecting free but potentially inaccurate advice when I can only somewhat afford to pay hourly rates for an attorneys, some of whom may not even possess adequate knowledge, seems impractical.

It’s designed to capture all relevant details, including hours worked, descriptions of tasks, and the specific nature of the involvement.

He became progressively unhinged as time progressed, especially when anyone made a comment he didn’t like or agree with, even if the comment was of a general nature.  

Who’s Disqualifiedyouyour spouseyour parents and/or your adoptive parentsyour natural grandparentsyour natural children and/or your adopted childrenyour stepchildrenThe spouse of your natural childrenyour grandchildrenAny fiduciaryAny people providing services to your IRA

At same time there operations costs are also expanding due to wage inflation naturally fallowing the "everything inflation" so yeah....

Most building codes by nature will not approve a home that small, most have minimum square foot requirements.

It sounds like most of your issues were insurance-related, which indicates this is a risky market based on natural disasters or something.

You are going to have to send anywhere between 3000 to 5000 mailers to start to see a better probability to get a deal.That is simply the nature of the beast.Now as a reference.