new roof and updated interior of one unit What was the outcome?

Sometimes those people are in unique situations to where they need to sell their homes and for whatever reason, don't want to put it on mls and have people come through their house for showings.

In our unique time of market, I'd be interested to see what Post election Market action has happened in the previous election years. 

Larger homes provide more opportunity to make the home unique and capture larger families/groups to share the expenses of one home vs renting 2-3.

More unique to Airbnb3.

What was the outcome?

If you stop growing it wide early (more real estate) and you start growing it deep instead (more equity) you are limited in your final outcome.

You must work at least 750 hours per year in a qualified RE business.So most people who have high-earning W-2 jobs outside of real estate won't qualify.But the unique thing about RE pro status is that even if you don’t qualify but your spouse does, you can both file jointly and claim the losses from your RE investments to offset your other active income together.It's an incredibly powerful benefit if you do meet the criteria.

Fully converting an unused office building into a Hotel What was the outcome?

Be sure that you have a differentiator that makes you unique against other homes in the market.