The problem is the property taxes. 

I'm working on filing my taxes and need this piece but don't know where to go to find my land value.Thanks

The tax courts have created a pretty effective standard for considering the legitimacy of refinances prior to a 1031 exchange. 

Hey everyone still new here. lots of great info on this site, Shame I didn't find it sooner. so what is the general consensus amongst the REI communities on tax lien auctions? 

Not to mention agent fees, staging, and short-term gains tax from the sale.

Is it better to buy a primary house with 5% down and stay for 2 years after which I can rent out (hoping rents increase by then) if not I can sell it and be and be exempt from taxes on capital gains.2.

You can use a co-borrower just make sure they have good credit and a (2) year work history of W2 income.Try and avoid self employed co-borrowers because their tax returns typically do not show income and are full of deductions.

They could use the tax break for gifting into someone's 529 and I wouldn't claim the money that goes straight into the kids 529. 

So we have a networth so far of:104k - 15k = 89kBut, we depreciated the property for 2 years at 3.7k/yr total 7.4K taxable amount  which we would owe about 1.8k at 25% tax rate (I might be off a bit here and there)Final total net worth from what we thought it was 120k now is 87.1k which is a big difference!

If you have or buying a rental/airbnb or even fix and flip.  Do you want the property in business name/LLC etc?Also if you have a business for just buying/selling land only and spend money/milage traveling to properti...