Your only tax burden mitigation would be to receive money on the deal as a gift since you are not a listed partner on this flip, this would force the tax burden on your partner both in SE and income taxes.

She did not want the tenant to be forced to live somewhere where he was being threatened and did not feel safe.  

I am now forced to move to the next available candidate who can move in the quickest. 

Remember to also include cleaning the heating duct work if you have forced air in the house.

She was forced to buy it since her mortgage required homeowners insurance.

Before I choose any duplex properties in Minneapolis it looks like the recent reversal requiring (I'm putting it delicately) landlords to house Section 8 tenants was reversed.I'm not keen on the idea of being forced to accept tenants just because they receive Section 8 vouchers.Any current landlords in Minneapolis out there that are dealing with this?

I will go this route if I'm forced to, but the selling point to the end buyer of having no electric bill and roughly $2,000-$3,000/year in SREC is appealing obviously to the listing.

Ability to add value by rehabbing and increasing rent, lowering operating expenses, adding additional units, adding storage sheds to rent out, coin operated laundry or other means to increase revenue/ force appreciation6.

The EPA came in and did a forced cleanup to the tune of almost $2 million. 

It’s possible it was sub-par and had a crack already running through it.If you really want to fight it, you’d have to hire an engineer to look at the beam and determine if it was flawed as well as how much force it would take to break it.