Your cost to attend court is a tax deductible expense but I don't believe it is something that can be added for the judgement.

I'd rather not do an entire cash-out refi because I have a much better rate on the property than I could get today.With a 70% LTV planning factor, I'd still have plenty of room for the cash I'm looking for to make the down payment (~125k).Thanks for any help/advice!

But depending on when you bought your house and your mortgage rate, it might be possible to convert it into an STR with enough cash flow to more than cover the cost of renting another dwelling as your new primary residence. 

I have a lot of investors that buy in TN for example and the taxes in some counties are crazy low $400-$600 annually.

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The program looks at location, property value, amount owing, interest rate, taxes, insurance, rents, condition, etc and several exit strategies.When we make an offer to buy, we can offer cash, subject to, wrap, seller financing, lease option, seller carryback and so on.Obviously if we wholesale the property, there is no carrying management needed, and if use a lease option to sell, the optionee is responsible for maintenance and repairs.

Also, for a situation that owner simply refused to pay insurance/taxes and let it go foreclosure.

Hi guys I have a tax question even though its not real estate related i'm sure someone knows the answers i'm looking for.

Obviously, lowering the fee and raising the rate is an option but that feels a little bit like spinning my wheels.At some point, if I'm dropping my rates far enough to compensate for a high cleaning fee, we get into the conversation of "is it even worth it to rent it at this rate and risk property damage, 4 star review, etc".

You can imagine this can swing interest rates on refinances significantly dependent on the extent of that score discrepancy.