The Agency’s investigations are complaint driven, so we rely heavily on the public, and our licensees to bring these individuals to our attention.

Michael Blank and David Toupin have great programs.

I was hoping to use a city program that has great perks but they recently ran out of funding for the program and do not know exactly when they will have the funding again (great timing, right?). 

The returns quoted belong to his public REIT.  

Here is an article about the new proposasl, as well as information about a public hearing on it.http://www.startribune.com/min...

I'll see what numbers I can share publicly as I am still a bit cautious on exposing too much for any tax assessor to get their hands on. 

@Alan Walker They said that they could do it on the investment properties. 80% LTV on them and they could do it on multiple properties. 2 of mine have the MACU 90% program so I wont be able to do it for those properties but I do have one that I paid 20% down that I should be able to get a HELOC on

But if that's public record too, and they are obliged to tell me, then I certainly will ask! 

I know a lot of people use excel, but I'd prefer a true database program for better data integrity, scalability, and creating reports.I've searched the forums and looked in the BP files but nothing is coming up in the search (either I'm not searching right, or no one else is dumb enough to want to build their own database).

@Abe SampsonYes, both must meet the use test.It's possible but you have to meet the requirements (job change, certain health-related events, or other unforeseeable events) - see Publication 523 for more info and search for the section titled "Does Your Home Qualify for a Partial Exclusion of Gain?".