I would also show up at the creditors meeting and ask the creditor under oath questions about their solvency and the treatment of your property. 

Second, once it is determined that a taxpayer qualifies as a real estate professional, nonpassive treatment is available only for rental real estate activities in which the real estate professional materially participates. 

The seller may be counting on the money you offered in your sale in order to get someone in a nursing home or pay for cancer treatment. 

short-term capital gains (taxed at ordinary income) for investments held less than one year. long-term capital gains for investments held longer than one year. tax treatment will depend on your individual circumstance and is based on your classification as a dealer or investor. best to get professional advice on this from an attorney or CPA and explain to them your situation--they should be able to guide you from there.

All of mine are maintained by the tenant...but I still do the yard treatments as they never will.

This separate treatment rule also applies to a regulated investment company holding an interest in a PTP for the items attributable to that interest."2.

Leave ethics and emotion out of it.

Personally, I feel that this is a great place with tons of ethical & charitable contributors.

Well wouldn't this be as ethical as using irrevocable trusts and other legal mechanisms to keep people from pursuing legal action?

Chemdry cleaners say they can treat the carpeting for $550 includes all stains and dog urine treatment which is supposed to make the urine outgas in a period of a few days.