The purpose of it is to weed out the crappy surveyors and the attorneys who want surveyors to certify everything under the sun without having all of the record information.

Hi @Ralph Germain,Thanks for posting in the forums.However, we do not allow self-promotion, and posts looking for real estate agents tend to generate a lot of self-promotion from the agents on the site.We've locked this thread so it doesn't get filled with these posts.

My wife and I have a running joke about my promoting a fake cure.

Hi @Bridget Campbell,Thanks for posting in the forums.However, we do not allow self-promotion, and posts looking for real estate agents tend to generate a lot of self-promotion from the agents on the site.We've locked this thread so it doesn't get filled with these posts.

So in your example:$100k Schedule C income$20k Solo 401(k) "employer" profit sharing contribution$16k QBID ((100-20)x.2)-----------------$64k net taxable income (for income tax purposes)The math is more complex than that, but it gives you the basic idea.

You must be able to prove that you had the intent to hold both the relinquished property and replacement property for investment purposes (being rental income, appreciation or use in a trade or business).

Hi Alexander,Members aren't allowed to self promote on the blogs... from what I remember.

The interest is deductible if you use it for a business purpose. 

The purpose of a consolidated return is so those non-residents do not have to file a state return and just pay their share of tax at the entity (1065) level. 

The pros are that it would no longer show up on your personal credit and debt to income calculations for other credit purposes.