I know that this comes with many advantages and it does make me feel more confident in purchasing.

We figured it's a good card to hold onto; they have done NO upkeep on the property in the 6 years they've owned it, and our knowledge of the property's history could potentially be an advantage (although not really necessary.

Thank you- Is it better to carry the loss to future or just take advantage of by having my husband claim on his income tax report? 

The financing aspect is just PART of what makes this new way so advantageous. 

The only way that would work in my view is if you had a plot in prime location & felt you had a competitive advantage in a niche (A+ luxury, student housing in dinky town, etc), otherwise the price and difficulty of building would far outweigh your profit.

The LLC does not give tax advantages.

I’m not willing to bend to the hype the media is turning this into but am willing to take advantage of the hype-caused price slashing going on. :)

I have refinanced to take advantage of lower rates after about 2 yrs of ownership and again when market appreciation forced a fair amount of equity that I wanted access to after about 10 yrs. 

How are people taking advantage of the low interests and the fed cut?  

I am trying to take advantage of the really low rates.