You can't arbitrarily decide that you don't want to allocate any of the proceeds to the portion of the property that will create Ordinary income recapture (thus can't be included in the installment sale treatment) - it should technically be allocated amongst all the assets in accordance with their fair market value at the time of the sale. 

Recently I saw the duplex that is DIRECTLY across the street from my property come on the market, and I would love love love to jump on the opportunity to buy this property as well. 

I'd build on an infill lot closer to downtown. you can get land within the downtown markets and construct multifamily properties through the same process and higher units and better floorplans. we just passed our first triplex in central ohio and are breaking ground in 3 weeks. 

SF houses are easier to maintain, have greater appreciation rates, and appeal to a bigger buyer market.

In my opinion Option 1 could be a bit risky in today's environment as we are not sure if prices have hit the bottom yet, there are positive signs in the CoS market that point to price appreciation in the future, but there is a good chance the interest rates are not coming down for a while, which will have a negative impact on home values. 

We've worked with hundreds of contractors in Atlanta metro and dozens of HML in the SE market.

hi guysI am new to real estate market.

I have read a number of bp books and have built up a solid amount of business knowledge especially in marketing as I have helped with a number of marketing oriented projects at my church.

Don’t falsify this though is you don’t have the intent.Lastly, if they are good tenants, but section 8, and near market value, let them stay.

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