For example, deductions on Schedule E might impact passive activity loss limitations or eligibility for certain credits.

Many items were completely unnecessary which I stressed to RL, but after a couple of conversations it became clear they did not want to budge, which made me fire them.

It's better to sell fewer home for retail than build homes at loss.

So sorry to hear about your losses.

While you can’t use real estate losses to offset your W-2 income, you can use losses from one rental property to offset the income from another.

Let's hear your wins and losses with them and your plans for the future. 

Their losses appear limited to the moving expenses.

They ended up selling at a loss and learned a valuable lesson the hard way.If you wouldn't feel comfortable living in the area, then why invest there?

I'm furious at this point, not only for the financial loss but also for hours upon hours of wasted time and running in circles.So here is the entire point of my post and ultimately my question; In clear language on our executed contract, I have included "X LLC reserves the right to file an affidavit of memorandum on the property."

This is very important so see if you can stick with me here.A motivated seller is not someone that want to, needs to, or even has to sell their house (like foreclosure, tax liens, job loss etc. etc.).A motivated seller is anyone willing to sell their house below market value regardless of the reason why.So it is the willingness to sell below market value is what separates a seller from a motivated seller.Take someone in foreclosure.