Since you recently purchased, yours was reassessed at todays values and theirs are still working off assessments from years ago (possibly) and the people you bought from likely had an old assessment as well.

So if you do an exchange you are saving $100k in taxes today.

It should be a requirement to be educated in that space prior to licensure.

I am not opposed to the idea but definitely need to get more educated on the details such as where exactly, is it too crowded of a space, how to be competitive, maintenance requirements for a beach rental, etc.

EDUCATE YOURSELF - yes, it will take time, but will lead to a selection that better meets your expectations & avoids potentially costly surprises!

Most people buy property and then do nothing to educate themselves on how to properly manage.

Today, the injunction was struck down.

I do qualify for being a broker which comes with some additional education etc. 

Education via trail & error is easily the #1 worst way to go about anything today UNLESS your an explorer, inventor, revolutionizing and still all of those have a whole lot of training and education backing them. 

I have done a lot of different land deals and continue to do them today.. however today I am the money..