So, ideally a 30yr track record with no investor losses across hundreds of deals is preferred, but in reality, for many people reading this, you will either get experience and long track record, OR impeccable, no investor loss track record.  

Sounds like something else may be up, but either way I don't think you should have to take the loss here.

And its booster recovered.

My presentations were geared towards new construction, but there are ways to improve existing homes as well.The main keys are to understand how energy (heat/cold) moves through houses and how to eliminate the weak links in heat loss/gain. 

After a few years of licking my wounds while running my grass fed farm, I decided that the only way to recover was to liquidate my remaining property and basically start over investing in real estate.

@Caleb Heimsoth After it became clear that Clayton had no intention of performing on his buyback agreement, I sold it on the open market at a huge loss in order to prevent continuing lawsuits from Marion County for health and safety violations. 

See if they will help compensate you for your losses.   

"Do not allow your losses to reach X percent of your income". 

@Jake Brooks from our website, this is NOT a solicitation, only for information:A bad tenant can lead to thousands of dollars of losses via unpaid rents, legal fees and property damages.

You recover and pay ordinary taxes on the depreciation you took, or should have taken, and then you pay capital gains on the profit.