Hi BP,I have a friend of mine bought a land through tax foreclosure auction...he bought it without doing any due diligence ahead of time, anyways he found out its a very small lot and worth nothing if he is trying to sell.The appraisal value is $12k and he paid a bit less but no body would buy such lot on the market...somebody told him to donate the land to the city or the county or some sort of organization that helps people and file it on his tax return as deduction. my questions are: 1- Any suggestions who to target to donate the land 2- If he donated the land can he file it as a loss or deduct it from his tax refund at the end of the year...he is entitled to pay some capital gain taxes on other properties he sold so this deduction will definitely help.3- If point 2 is doable will he be able to file based on the appraisal value $12k?

If you bought a foreclosure they may have you over a barrel.The purchase contract must be an "Arms Length Transaction" Not a discounted sale from a friend or relative.

Any recommendations that are user friendly with low associated fees?

This is a friends and family deal to get comfortable with the syndication model, provide decent returns then improve on the model.

A friend of mine helps his dad run a few rentals and this is the process his dad does with his tenants (all self managed btw).

@Wendy Vaidic sounds like you have some members on the city or municipality board who are not mobile home park friendly and are trying to make life difficult.

Tenants are not your friends. 

A friend referred me to this app so I can expand and develop my knowlage in real estate investment.

I talked to a mortgage consultant who is a family friend and he seems to think I’m far away from being ready to buy.

A friend referred me to this app so I can expand and develop my knowlage in real estate investment.