While there's potential there, it's speculative.

Until then, you play lawyer and speculate.

Most of the "investing" aka non-owner occupied purchasing going on in Bend right now is speculative.

Widening your comps makes your ARV less accurate, it's really a speculative number as a house will only fetch what a person is willing to pay. 

If it doesn't cash flow from the outset, anything else is speculation. 

You are going off pure 100% speculation with a HOPE that East Cleveland bounces back if it ever does.

My father in law and husband bought it as an "investment" 20 years ago speculating that once Sullivan County gets a casino permit business would be booming.. here we go the casino is finally being built but I don't see the area turning around any time soon.. 

I think this becomes speculation.3. how should he be compensated?

And sometimes the Supreme Court makes up laws based on convoluted arguments like Obama Care and then those laws are later changed, modified, and repealed.I wouldn't waste a moment's speculation until a "clarification" of the law "once enacted" is issued.

The only reason to defer the capital gain would be to reduce the tax liability in the event someone anticipated a lower tax burden/rate later on.There is also the potential that your purchasing power could be stronger in today's market than it would be in a future market and keeping that money in circulation will benefit your portfolio long term, but that is even more speculative than trying to determine what tax rate you will pay in the future, and the longer you plan to hold the resources before cashing out and paying the taxes the more speculative it is.