I’m brainstorming ideas on how I can market myself to potential mentors in the STR game in order to gain experience.

Otherwise, get a HELOC to access the equity to buy a home in AZ.

Over the years, I’ve gained hands-on knowledge in a variety of areas, including tax liens, tax deeds, rental properties, and fix-and-flips.

It is my understanding that the new owner will have the house at the cost basis of my purchase price, for calculating capital gains taxes or depreciation.For gift tax purposes for you - FMV.For capital gain tax purposes for the recipient - your original basis/purchase price 

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I'd sell because you are reaching the time when you lose the cap gains exemption and that $24K would take over 2 years of renting to get back.I had a condo that I owned for a long time and I sold it despite it being paid off and having long term tenants. 

I’m here to learn as much as I can from this community, connect with like-minded people, and gain insights into smart investing strategies.Looking forward to networking and soaking up knowledge from all of you.

In that case, the GP, who was a cheating SOB, issued a K-1 allocating cap gains [§1231 gains] to my Client, who was a minority LP.  

If I’m wrong we lose potential equity gains.

Tax StrategyWhile liquidating the brokerage account may trigger capital gains taxes, strategies like staggered withdrawals or tax-loss harvesting can help minimize the impact.