I opted for a flat fee brokerage instead because keeping my commission was more important to me.

A direct attempt at seller financing will result in taxes being recognized for the value of the carryback note (making the exchange less efficient).

If you want it it will be six to $10,000 fee but you can make over $100,000”.  

Basically in a year where I have a 400-500K loss in stock value, I could sell the stocks to realize the loss, sell one rental house and pay no capital gains tax on its 400-500K profit.But you might be thinking, you still lost 400-500K in the stock market.

Will the two of us in MN get taxed twice on income tax for CA and MN?

Typically they can get their fees out of the seller.

You can look into bundling the properties into a blanket portfolio loan to save on fees and closing costs.

A few rules to keep in mind as you get started: - To get full tax deferral, you have to replace the full value of what you sell. 

As far as what I do, I am a funding specialist and work closely with real estate investors to raise capital tax-free by using a specially designed holding account that grows your money between 5%-10% of interest and when it is time for you to pull the trigger on the next property purchase, you will enjoy a much lower lending rate of 3.5% - 4.5% on time for their next property.I've been doing this for 9 years and have worked closely with real estate investors for the last 4 and a half.About my future goals, I am interested in partnerships with other investors within the local area (Bay Area).

Could a long term lease could be written as a series of short term leases (less than 30 days), and thus qualify income from the rental as "Active" and thus allow the tax filer to file as a "real estate professional"?