As others noted, most municipalities issue future zoning maps which indicate the direction the local planning commission or equivalent wants to take their zoning and if your plans are consistent, that's generally a good indication as well. 

I point this out not to denigrate Ray, but to illustrate how so often it's very difficult to predict the future of real estate.

I would prefer to pay the capital gains today as based on how we spend money as a country, that capital gains rate most likely is going to be heading up in the future not down.

Given your focus on equity and scaling for future development, targeting properties where you can force appreciation through value add renovations seems like a natural fit.

I am thinking more from the insurance and future liability stand point.

It could be worth learning this if you were planning on installing more garage door openers in the not too distant future.  

Just putting my two cents on Turnkey Providers for anyone that reads this in the future. 

We wish him the best success with this property and his future in real estate.

If you value simplicity and future flexibility, consider selling and reallocating through a 1031.

Worst case scenario is where a seller does a lipstick on a pig repair such as just parging over it and then not disclosing the issue because you might get the sale price but open yourself to future liability when something happens.