Also, since there is a huge gap in the industry in teaching people how to understand development and the different options we've launched an education arm to help bridge that gap so it's not just the "big guys" with deep pockets that can be a developer. 

Also, since there is a huge gap in the industry in teaching people how to understand development and the different options we've launched an education arm to help bridge that gap so it's not just the "big guys" with deep pockets that can be a developer.

This would be a non arms length prohibited transaction and would potentially result in the entire IRA being distributed is my understanding...the only way this could be possible is if the OP is or becomes retirement age in the next two years.

Yes the lease is my own lease, not the company’s corporate lease so I know it has been violated as there are more occupants than the single occupant listed as a tenant which is explicitly forbidden in the lease.

You literally just reached your arm up your rear, sliding it by your head, and dragged it out.

.- For appreciation, I look for a minimum of 2.5% YoY growth in median house values over the past 20 years but I don't use this explicitly in calculations.

You can do a DSCR on a 30 year term, either as a 30 yr loan, an ARM or even as partial interest only for the first 10 years.

I would say 9 out of every 10 I talked to didn't realize this and were happy to sign me up for a policy that wouldn't cover what I very explicitly described to them. 

As bad as some syndications are currently performing it will only get worse if those without the expertise are armed with the liquidity to make purchases and that's what's happening.

I have been digging into this for the last 30 minutes and I haven't been able to find anything that EXPLICITLY says that you are able to opt not to take the deduction and just carry it over.