Alternatively, you can postpone filing your return until Congress definitively approves or denies the deduction for 2018.However, once your adjusted gross income (AGI) exceeds $100,000 ($50,000 for married filing separately) the deduction is reduced.The above tax assumptions are provided for reference only.

Since the lawsuit is not completed and the deed of trust they are sending me is not recorded I suspect that this is just a ploy to postpone my sale.  

There are several ways to keep a property from going to sale in Washington, the trustee can postpone at the last minute, the home owner can file a bankruptcy at the last minute, the state is aggressive to make lenders look at loan modifications, most banks will take the reinstatement amount up until 24 hours before the sale and guys like me come along and bail the borrower out and buy the property.I did mega numbers of pre-foreclosure purchases in King Co but never at the Auction.

Combine sum for the properties I have is about 8-10 K per year.Is there any way I can postpone paying the taxes and put them toward purchasing an investment property?

It might be worth offering to return their deposits if they'll leave sooner without having to go to court . . . but not if they're not paying rent in the meantime -- that's just postponing the eviction.When you serve the pay-or-quit notice, are you including all the late fees on it?  

There're ways to postpone that tax though.

A Real Life Example To lend credence to the above, a recent example comes to mind regarding a modified bitumen flat roof that had already exceeded its statistical life cycle by somewhere around 5 years or more whereby the current owner and occupant of the property had come to realize that it would probably only be a matter of time before they'd begin to experience more problems with the roof resulting in leaks that could jeopardize the operation of the business not to mention that any additional repairs would essentially be a waste of time, money and resources in postponing the inevitable resulting in a recover or complete tear-off and replacement of the existing roof covering.

It's probably in your best interest to properly fix it at some point, the question is do you want to make this tenant happy now or postpone to suit yourself?

If so then it would be up to him and my guess is he will let him stay.Leaving this old guy there won't hurt the property value, it only postpones the time for when you capitalize on the area.The bottom line is what is most important to you? 

He was nervous about the upcoming inspection if I backed out so he postponed it.