@Casey MurrayAshish and Natalie both provided an excellent idea regarding investing in the QOZ.I just wanted to touch base with you on some of the numbers in your post.Your clients may be subject to more than $140K in tax.They may also be subject to the 3.8% of Net Investment Income Tax.Furthermore, since you are in CA, I assume your client is also in CA, and they may be subject to California state income taxes.The seller may be able to offset it by using closing costs at closing to offset some of the gain.The more the reason to consider the QOZ.

I'm looking at properties on Auction.com and I see in the Terms and Conditions a statement noting that upset bids can be accepted by the clerk of the superior court the following day and the original winning bidder has the opportunity to place another bid after that.  

Before I could afford BP Pro, I made my own spreadsheets in Microsoft Excel.

It's less than 10% and anecdotally, that's not a slam dunk for her to win.

ALL in excellent shape .  

It would be a win win cause we would be staying rent free and he would be saving on utilities and upkeep.

It’s an excellent place to start, and can answer many of your questions.

You need to do what it takes to win the deal first.  

Because the IRS attorneys only want to go forward with cases that are a slam dunk, black & white win for them.

Just seems like a win win situation, no foreclosure for him and I get a smoking deal.Any advice or guidance would be much appreciated.