@Ned Gorges if your federal tax return is correctly filed you will be claiming all the deductions for which you qualify to arrive at the correct taxable income.

During the settling of the estate we had an appraisal done and based on those values we arrived at a buyout dollar amount that the 1/3 owner will accept.I'm looking at roughly 80k to buy out the 1/3 owner which means I already have 160k equity in the land based on the appraisal.

No. 90-012] (6) Dwelling units which are certified by the Director of the Department of Community Development or his designee as part of the City's neighborhood preservation or rehabilitation program within the City's innovative grant program or as being in accordance with an agreement, determined by the Director or his designee to have been voluntarily arrived at, between the landlord or his duly authorized representative and a tenant or tenants occupying premises of the landlord, which agreement shall be certified by the Director of the Department of Community Development or his designee to be in accordance with the interests directed to be served by the governing body in § 381-1E of this chapter

My personal philosophy was that I fully intended to be in a higher tax bracket when withdrawal age arrived (and who knows what the IRS tax rates will be in the future), so paying the taxes now and investing that money for a better return, plus tax break help, was a smart strategy for us.

For the last 5 years we have a 6 month a year snowbird tenant who pays upfront immediately upon arrival or at least week before arriving.

There is a petition available for Real Estate Investors to say that Seller Financing needs to be exempt from Dodd Frank.Read the petition.http://savesellerfinancing.org/cfpb-action-letter/"We are asking the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to remove installment sales which include a dwelling, known as seller financing, from the definition of Loan Originator in Regulation Z of TILA which was amended by the Dodd-Frank Act."

The offer stands, any time you want to come out to the IE and take a look around, I'm more than happy to show you a few.As far as this state being labeled by you as tenant friendly, how did you arrive at that conclusion?

How did he arrive at this number?

They will arrive quickly and turn off the gas.

(names changed).Day 1:- Plumber sent out Frank, who arrived onsite and met the tenant.- The tenant showed Frank where the hot water heater was downstairs in the basement, which Frank saw to be leaking.