You're not selling the house you're selling the amazing dream life the buyer will have when they live there. 

That's just how human bias works. 

Hi BP community,My name is Antonio, I am a real estate investor who is now living in Tennessee.My background:I am originally from New York, but spent most of my adult life in Tokyo Japan where I invested in real estate and had a consulting business.

ALL taxable gains carry over for the rest of your life or until you choose to sell without exchanging.

It’s deducted over the remaining life span.

To be a real life real estate investor in '09' was to be contrarian, to buy then was to be the abnormal "freak". 

In most municipalities approvals have a few year shelf life and in the event new regulations or new zoning bills are passed you could lose the benefit of the in place zoning/development procedures.

Question: Are there any investors turned real estate agents, living the "double life" and would recommend this?

Is there a life lock type of alert for properties?

It’s by far the most forgiving strategy and you don’t have to hit a home run for it to change your life.