There is ZERO wrong with income tax "avoidance". I don't care who you are.
Seven Springs is a very large properly that he purchased, and claims and reports as an investment property. This allows deductions of all loan interest, upkeep/maintenance, and operating expenses.
Based on family statements in the past, the property is used primarily as a personal residence.
Reporting a personal property as an investment property in order to deduct expenses is not "tax avoidance", it is tax fraud.
The only people who think that tax avoidance is a good thing are the unethical rich and the American embarrassed millionaires who've been convinced to vote against their own best interests.
It is not illegal. Not the same thing as being "zero wrong"