My purpose of explaining this is to let everyone know that we are not seeing buyers having to pay full value and definitely not paying over value any more.

gets expensive with 30 properties. turbotax is fairly intense, but can/will account for everything you need to (and will explain to you how to do things if not clear)...fear not

the water bills were already ridiculous pre rain tax@Matthew Paul please explain in more detail. isn't the meter in the street (ive accessed it before but want to make sure we are talking about the same thing)?

The transfers seem reasonable to me, but do we get an opportunity to explain the transfers, or do they just shut us down?

Explain to her half of nothing = no money .

OP was looking for tax avoidance and I gave a tax mitigation answer without fully explaining it.

Either could make him a target for burglary and explain why he doesn't file a police report.In your situation I would, simple respond with "thanks for the notice" and them start advertising the property for May (or whenever you think you will have it rehabbed and ready).

Ali Boone made this even more clear to me (read her article) in my second post where I asked if it's a bad idea to buy a single family home as first time buyer, instead of renting if I need to save for my dream home.Brandon Turner explains why buying a duplex instead of a single family home is a smart choice as a beginner's first investment property in his article.

That explains what you were saying a little better.

I think my best option is just to sit with him and explain to him that he needs to put the money in this account as soon as possible if he wants to make a real offer.Thanks for the help.