I actually have been friends with Joel for about 20 years now, we started out playing softball together in Chicago for about 10 years and we ended up working some real estate deals together as I was a realtor at the time. 

(I find BP to be the most helpful community on the internet)Cross border investing has immense upside financially and on the tax side as wellTo answer your question, the way your entity is structured plays a pivotal role, especially in the upcoming tax year. 

Thankfully the buyer also had another site that required fill so that was a bonus.

I would recommend negotiating performance-based bonuses rather than commissions, ensuring that their focus aligns with your revenue strategy.Given that you are looking to expand your property with an in-house store and unique theme, a property manager focused on tailored guest experiences rather than just bookings would be more beneficial.

Cheap curtains hung up on the first floor, a welcome mat, lights on a timer, battery operated fake candles on a timer, big size 11 men's shoes and big men's jacket hung by the front door, two empty dog bowls, a tie out in the back yard (for a dog), fan on a timer, foldable table and chairs with a tablecloth and centerpiece, and radio playing on a timer.  

You'll still owe taxes on the depreciation taken during the time it was a rental, typically at a marginal tax for bonus dep recapture.

You are playing a fine line this close to the extended date though.

@Mike Bator the good ones are, but just like in a baseball, there are those who are proactive and excellent at it just most of us play in a beer league on the weekend

An institutional investor with a history of working with syndications in these kinds of deals is going to have a much better handle on fair and realistic fees the syndicator should be collecting for those services versus a bunch of lps that may be working on the first syndication deal and frankly glosses right over those issues when they see 15% annual returns and a nice fat cash bonus on the planned exit.

We bought Ocean Walk Shoppes out of bankruptcy cash, no lender wanted to to play here cost efficiently, about three years ago.