AND, find a mentor or investor on this forum (or a friend who invests if you know any) and buy them a steak dinner if they will walk the property with you and give you advice on what parts of the inspection report are must-do items in the short-run and which you can leave for later (or indefinitely).

Cooper's ploy in NC is just for one month, but it can be extended indefinitely.

“Any net interest expenses may be carried forward indefinitely and allowed as a deduction against net interest income in future years.”

If you acquired the property with the intent to hold indefinitely for future appreciation, then the sale is an investment sale for which installment sale tax treatment is allowed.We don't the complete picture, your CPA probably does, so don't completely dismiss your CPA's tax treatment without getting a complete explanation of her rationale..

Will buying a high performance race car make you able to win the Daytona 500, or would you do just as well with a Ford Focus if you have no training or experience?

In 2016 a guy and his girlfriend wanted to rent a STR of mine, he said he'd be working here indefinitely. 

My gut tells me that I don't have a legal obligation to shift utilities or else face indefinite liability when I move out of a rental at lease end. 

Or you could just keep it indefinitely as a rental. 

As long as you own that property or as long as you do another 1031 you can defer the tax indefinitely.

I know this thread is old but I wanted to throw my two cents in as I have been on both sides of a deal with blind offers.When I am the listing agent, if I get a blind offer, I advise the buying agent that my client will likely tie up their EMD check indefinitely if they back out of the offer.