In order for them to sell you would either have to be paid in full or your would have to accept a reduced principal amount in the terms of a short sale.Did you invest as an equity investor in the company?

Rents are generally the biggest and easiest as it is always easier to bring in an additional dollar of revenue than it is to reduce a dollar of expenses - both impact net operating income which equates to an increase in value.

Ive seen negotiations where the selling price is reduced 50K, the seller agrees to 1.5% closing costs in addition to 50/50 escrow & Title.   

Reduce debt, increase income, then try again later.

Once you have done multiple deals over shorter periods discussing reduced rates makes sense. 

📉🏘IMO, Those who buy right, at reduced rates, aren’t over leveraged, & own higher cash flowing properties will be fine, but may have to lower rents or deal with more turnover, if it gets bad.

It also reduces your risk and increases your returns."

I want to explore ideas on how to reduce my tax burden. 

I would say though that keeping your fixed monthly outflow (22% to 401k, loan payments, living expenses, etc) lower and having a large emergency fund greatly reduces your risk.

I decided to play with the numbers on TT to see if I could reduce my tax liability.