I'm allowing them to apply their pre-paid last month rent to the month of November.

Hey Sean, you may want to consider a 203(K) Rehab Loan https://www.hud.gov/program_of...Or you can apply for a Home Equity Line of Credit and use those funds to pay for the rehab costs.

Now you mentioned boyfriend and not spouse, there are differences for single people and married couples for how much the exemption is under 121, you will want to talk to a CPA to see how you have it set up and how it will apply to your specific situation, but this might be a good approach again depending on what your goals are.Having a rental property is gold in my book.

Same applies when you hire a contractor to build a house, as you control many of the materials you want, agree on a timeline and should supervise to make sure they are doing it right.See the contradiction?

If you want to strip any potential IRS liens (this is federal and applies across the country), you will send the IRS a 30-day notice of foreclosure before sale. 

Applying the 80/20 principle in each market, 20% of the zip codes will generate 80% of your deals.

I have been going back and forth with them from applying for a loan to getting approved for a LOC.

Know your area of strength or where you want to focus and apply there.

Basically impossible to run comps and only apply value differences to a garage being present or not. 

When and how do you report a 1031 Exchange to the IRS? I am buying a property and I will flip it after is fixed. Any suggestions? Thanks.