Awesome post David, thank you.I think Jim Grant said it well when referring to treasuries, he called them "return free risk" ;)  It's so true though, price discovery is out the window when the cost of money, or one half of every transaction, is manipulated.  

Even though you closed on the last day of the month, from the information given, it does not appear that you have any significant investment property related expenses to claim on your 2015 tax return.Your CPA with full knowledge of all the details of your transaction and your intended use of the property can give you a more meaningful answer.

I do a lot of property evaluations for their REO Department and they are a good agency.Sdowns {at} remax.net941 639 1376

Some wholesalers have been fined in Florida for wholesaling because it's considered real estate transactions without a license.

@Antonio Artusa - just to reiterate, Real Estate transactions in PA are much different than what takes place in NY. 

@Terry KoeppIf the Roth IRA will have an equity stake in the transaction, you will likely want a Checkbook IRA LLC as opposed to having a 3rd party custodian process all of the transactions.  

The way that they can stay in compliance is the lender will do a business to business transaction backed by the real-estate that business owns. 

It'll also largely depend on who is doing the trading in the transaction.  

While the vast majority of my agent business is in the DC area, I still will do one or two sell side transactions in Massachusetts a year.

A department of the county city building?