And leave them with the information so they can go through their due diligence and VERIFY your claims then you can call them in a couple of days as a courtesy and answer any questions they may have. 

Wow.Your only real leverage with collateral holders is the potential loss of collateral or at least their claim to any of it's value.  

Do I claim the house on my taxes though I don't have the deed in my name yet?

VA has a strong and stable economy, and property around both Richmond and the greater Chesapeake area have become promising investments without claiming too steep of a price tag.

There have been, and still are, claims that Ebola can be easily contained by the health care system in the US.  

And then of course, you add a "personal umbrella" over everything.The issue that I learned years ago after becoming a real estate investor and after spending months searching for the "right" coverage and company, is that this leaves your personal assets wide open due to you commingling "business" activities with personal, creates limitations in the way a liability claim may be adjusted and paid and also doesn't even save you money.  

Are you actually dealing with a law firm or a broker who claims this is what he/she states?  

Another option you have is to obtain a quit claim deed from the previous owner.

This week, the Los Angeles Times published a front page story claiming that Orange County’s Asian American population is the third-largest in the U.S., behind  second-ranked Santa Clara County and first-ranked Los Angeles County.

Filing 2 amended returns that simply reduce expenses claimed will be obvious as the original returns are still available.