The center 2 pages of  my book shows letters of apology from IRS and a reduction of over 500 K they said I owed for 1979 and 1980.

Regardless of how nice your rehab is, you'll always have to disclose that it was a meth house, so there will likely always be an associated reduction in value. 

Hey Bob,I'm not interested in the Bay because I don't believe I can predict housing market cycles. 3 bedroom houses are currently going for over a million dollars here and there aren't enough crazy pills in the world to make me think "Yup, that's a good idea".

They tend to know this because some landlords will do a repair and then claim a higher gallon loss than actual to get a larger reduction.     

Every 6 months, call and request either a credit limit increase or rate reduction. 

I’ve seen a few articles on last minute tax plan changes and they are stating there was a last minute change that allows for a greater reduction for real estate LLC’s with no to a few employees for rental income.

Grouping the nice homes together in one LLC and the low end units in another, etc. etc. does nothing for liability protection, or accounting/paperwork reductions.

With a 3/1.5, I'm not sure what you could do with it that would make sense from the buyer's perspective.You may be able to add some value from an appraisal standpoint, but is it going to be eaten up with extra holding costs or price reduction because buyers don't like that look or want a garage instead of an extra dining room?

(Hopefully a workout package is being done or was done on the first via Loan Modification and possibly a balance reduction due to lack of equity).

Besides that make sure price reductions make it to the mls