Exit StrategyResale Planning: Research market trends for optimal selling timing.Long-Term Investment: Consider retaining the property as a rental post-graduation.Marketability: Choose a property with appeal to future students or young professionals.By following these steps, you can make a well-informed decision and ensure a successful investment that benefits both you and your student during their college years and beyond.Peter Derry PHD Properties 

OKC is the best bang for your buck, followed by San Antonio.  

It is my understanding that gifting a property does nothing to step up basis as the capital gains would follow the gift. 

It is very easy and doesn't have to be contentious. just follow the steps.

Reqauest a refund from them verbally and in writing and  continue to follow up and  go up the  management  chain if needed . 

Bigger Pockets is a great place for education and networking and is full of great content.I recommend that you check out the following resources:1.

Running new electrical or plumbing will, along with new framing.The IRC code is kinda universal and most municipalities just follow along nowadays....

RISKSPrivate Letter Rulings There are three (3) Private Letter Rulings (“PLRs”) that address this 1031 Exchange structure, which are as follows: Private Letter Ruling Number 2014-08019Private Letter Ruling Number 2003-29021Private Letter Ruling Number 2002-51008PLRs can only be relied upon by the individual taxpayers that requested the PLRs.

Following - interesting topic!

PM me or post in this thread and I'll start following it.