The problem I face is that although I know what I want in terms of real esate services, in the USA at least, I am not too sure how to get it.I hope therefore if I ask what to many might be silly questions to a local, you'll not laugh too loud at the rookie Brit.

"Yellow Letters" are a specific type of marketing letter that stands out from ordinary "business looking" letters.

If you watch Fox News, Beltway Boys and Brit Hume, the pundits that come on and help shape the opinions of the news we see mostly subscribe to the neocon philosophy.

Your federal income tax bill on the sale of your investment property is $9500.If the same property is owned by your traditional IRA and sold for $100K, the entire $100K is taxable at your ordinary income tax bracket rate when it is withdrawn.

I need to know if this is just how it works or if this is out of the ordinary.

IMO alot of big deals is not there own money so that's why it's there best interest to buy at that time and bring proformas which are out of ordinary to convinence more people to invest with them , win or loose the higher up 's still make there fees and percentages ..., small investors it's our own skin in the game and thats why we can try to maneuver it and watch it more realistically . 

Not being familiar with the bill, can you sue and just get a monetary judgment -- treating the past due rent as a straight debt -- and then try to collect on the judgment through ordinary debt collection procedures?

Even if you materially participate in real estate rental activity, it's still considered passive income in the context of real estate investments.Real estate investors do benefit from a special rule which permits up to $25k of passive losses to be deducted against ordinary income in a tax year, but this begins phasing out for married taxpayers starting at 100k AGI, and completely phases out at 150k AGI.If your properties are generating tax losses (after depreciation and interest), then you can probably find much better cash flowing deals, though I acknowledge that higher end rentals in certain areas can make sense as a longer term cap gain play.

Dividends are still probably taxable as ordinary income at his tax bracket, not long term cap gains.Research using options, notes (or a combination) in tax deferred accounts like pensions plans, IRA's, 401k's etc.Instead of being a lender, consider owning an equity stake in the properties & holding it long enough to utilize a 1031 tax deferred exchange.

Let them know you're an investor, not an ordinary buyer looking to pay full market value.