If the property sat vacant for most of 5 years do I owe capital gain taxes or not?Here is requirement on intuit site in order not to owe capital gain taxesYou owned the home for a total of at least two years in the fi...

I have never ever heard of this being done and I am sure it's unusual around here.

I and several of his clients are involved in unusual transactions.

Absent unusual circumstances that's probably going to be the way to go.

After not receiving his July rent payment (totally unusual from him not to pay on time), I was in his area and decided to stop by the house because he wasn't answering any calls/texts.

That is very unusual to have such light snowfall, but I guess it's not so unexpected..if California can have  low rainfall for four years, makes sense that Utah, two states over, might have low snowfall, too.

In aggregate, this makes our information extremely accurate in the market, although sometimes on individual properties - if there is some quite unusual behavior, it can get the odd reservation wrong.We have subsequently augmented this information with data partnerships and channel managers who see several hundred thousand reservations.

Total savings uncertain 3.

The next option is to hire a lawyer and try to get a variance which can be expensive, uncertain, and take months for an answer.

If you use an attorney, and have asked "every attorney," I am uncertain how it helps to substitute your second-guess.Much success!