In it it states that poop must be picked up when it occurs.

If you are setting aside funds for capex, taxes, insurance, or other expenses that don't occur monthly, transfer those funds to Savings each month and hold them there until it's time to spend them.

After 20 years of buying and selling real estate this morning it occurred to me that if somebody offers to sell their house for let’s say $250,000 “as is” and you agree to pay that exact price with no contingencies, but other people are interested in the property , then that seller can just raise his price and not sell the property for the price “advertised”.

She is firm that I have to let the bike be there again especially because it occurred for so long in the past.I calmly explained again that it is a fire hazard and a nuisance to park a bike in the laundry room.

@James Rodenberg I think everyone should self manage when they start out because 1) starting out you have much smaller margins and saving the PM fee will help you stay afloat as you grow. 2) you learn by doing and you will gain good experience from dealing with tenants and their problems, you'll also learn how the mechanicals of your properties work so you'll understand why problems are occurring.

Hey Dave,My newly refined understanding is that your step up in basis would occur at the time of your spouses passing, so 2019.

I would be interested to hear if others have had similar situations occur. 

When you subsequently transfer the title to an LLC within the same year, it will typically trigger another reassessment.This means you are likely to face two property tax reassessments: one when you close under your name and another when you transfer the title to the LLC, even if both transactions occur within 30 days.

or only if an audit occurs?

You stated, foreclosed, so it implies the public auction occurred and that the auction now is an attempt by the owner to sell an REO.