ONLY when I pushed further, did they actually release those dates (and I received an email with the subject: Your reservation XXX was cancelled at property YYY), and those dates showed as truly open across both calendars. 

You should not manufacture it retroactively for this year.GROUP 3: Tax strategies that are really for EOY considerationDelay receiving income into January.

As a result, you are more likely to receive the preferred return when the property is sold.

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I found a seller who is motivated to sell his property at a pretty steep discount.My plan is to put the property in escrow on an executory contract/land contract with the condition that the title will transfer once the seller receives his funds.

Just a little context I barely have a creative bone in my body I like to joke that my siblings took all the creativity for themselves this step personally was my hardest step. 

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They would have been responsible for issuing and recording the mortgage satisfaction after they received payment.

Thats more logic and feedback than I have probably ever received right there in one message!

This is easy to explain and I think it would be helpful for the public to understand that agents are typically independent contractors and not employees, and that their brokerage actually receives the commission, not the agent.