If you sell property you held for rental purposes, you can deduct the ordinary and necessary expenses for managing, conserving, or maintaining the property until it is sold.

In the CAR lease I use, rule #12 states:And before you ask Brooklyn Au, Yes, I do have a certificate in determining if a practice is unsightly or unsanitary so I am more than qualified to make that assessment.Ordinary wear and tear: The landlord may not charge for ordinary cleaning.Rust and grease on stove: Cuccurullo v.

In your case you are creating inventory and would be taxed at ordinary income levels.  

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It is treated as ordinary income.  1031 gets hard because it forces you to buy under a dead line and I think sometimes we can pay more then we want to just to save a few bucks in taxes.  

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Flipping as well as HML income are both taxed as ordinary income.

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If you did a flip, it is ordinary income.