And just wait for the answer, and what ever they say you might reply with your value proposition like, “mr and mrs seller, as a new agent I will only be working for you, you will be my one and only client and I will dedicate my every waking moment to sell your home, wouldn’t you want this much dedication to you and your home?”

Yes, it might give you the deduction for 2021, one year sooner than if you wait.

So get the lay of the land but always rely on a local market expert to help guide you.First let’s get a basic handle on the Kansas City metropolitan area.

Bonus points, for me at least, is that they're squared away in explaining the nitty gritty in English :)For more tips/contacts/how-to's, there are a few expat groups on FB that has a much better lay of the land.

If it were 2007 all over again and you knew you could sell at a record high, and invest your capital into conservative bonds and wait until the market corrected, would you?

The biggest difference is having the patience to wait until what feels like the last minute to book folks compared to LTRs.

However, based on your risk tolerance, you need to decide whether to file now or wait.

I can wait it out from  having properties paid off .

Just curious if you can sell the lot after approval by the city and recorded with the county or do you have to wait for APN's to be issued? 

If you do your idea on one property, you'll be sitting and waiting a long time to pay off that mortgage before you then use that money to buy another property.