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If YOU don't pay it, it's not relevant to your taxes at all. 

Following paragraph for relevant keyword notifications.  

I am going to research the web and eventually talk to relevant professionals in the area, but I wanted to also pick the brains of the BP community as well.

I've found this meet up is  friendly to new or seasoned  investors, presents  relevant  speakers and offers RE market updates and networking opportunities. 

The market and whether the deal works for you may be more relevant than the previous purchase price (but the discrepancy may be due to when he bought it and if he rehabbed it).....  

Ask an appraiser in your network for specifics relevant to your market. 

Often times, it is for the sake of their families as they wish they had additional property and the flexibility that it potentially would have given them.Feel free to post any questions you have for the community, please be aware that many members rely on keywords to home in on relevant posts, so make sure to mention the neighborhoods/cities that you have interest in.

Here's the relevant section from the GREC website.All associate broker and broker applicants must have been licensed on active status for a minimum of three of the previous five years before they can be licensed.If you have been actively licensed in Georgia for at least three years and you are enrolled in a Broker's Prelicense Course at a school approved by the Commission, your license history will be verified by the Commission at the time the school transmits your electronic application.If you have ever held a real estate license in a state other than Georgia, or if you are not fulfilling your prelicense education requirements by taking a Broker's Prelicense Course at a school approved by the Commission, you MUST attach a certification of your license history from the state in which you met the education, examination and experience requirements for licensure with your application.

Seems like it might be more appropriate for someone with a relevant background in real estate, investing, property management, etc.