I am tempted to make the transaction but I am a little worried, I know there can be many head aches to deal with.

Hopefully you have the insurance to cover this.Advice I can offer is to keep your head up.

For purposes of Section 1033, the restriction means that the end use of the new property must be substantially similar to the end use of the old property.

Under his heading of 'maintenance' (the $300 annually) he's included repairs, snow removal, cleaning, and lawn service.

I live up in the Rome area and I always enjoy driving through Norwich when I'm heading south...It's a beautiful area.

Tenant pays electric.Owner pays the water and trash bill.Large yard .7 acres total including an extra buildable lot.Newer windowsNewer electric systemHouse was substantially remodeled in 2007 (one new kitchen and one new bathroom.

So I basically call him when I am under contract and give him the heads up.

Deal on 9 houses looks promising.But looking at the numbers you would need to get to your 2.3M dollar number the seller wants for everything could get sticky. rough est of the top of my head puts you at about 45k per lot on the other 36 empty lots.

A cheap house that would be hard to finance, especially if it is an investor.The one your Ex sold is a little less than I have in my head, but goes to that more "luxury" level of sales I think of.The one that I would not expect was your $295K to an end buyer.Don't get me wrong I know it happens.

The bottom line is don't go for the Large SD head fake.