Selling your share at fair market value could avoid gift tax but may trigger capital gains tax for you based on the sale price and your cost basis.In California, the transfer may also trigger a property tax reassessment under Proposition 13 unless a specific exemption applies.

-Creates a solid foundation for passive income, allowing you to reinvest future cash flow into other opportunities without as much financial risk.Cons:-Ties up a large amount of capital that could potentially be used to generate higher returns elsewhere (like another STR or other investments).

Since I'm taking such a cash hit, I asked the sellers agent if they would be able to designate some portion of the sale price ($200k?)

Yep, when we sign up for servicing as a company they ask you "what loss mitigation measures does your company allow" We offer loan mods, forbearance, deed in lieu, short sales and short payoffs.

I aim to buy my first investment property this year and am considering residential opportunities both in DFW and OOS. 

I’ve run the numbers on several different MHP development opportunities and I have always found an RV Park would be worth more on the same land for the same cost usually.

Many investors in that situation look for value-add opportunities.

In this way, investments can remain in the C corp and grow tax free until a sale or you take dividends.

I would appreciate any positive or negative comments on your experience with this investment opportunity. 

Thankfully I was able to sell both houses and stop the bleeding.During the sale process I found out than one of my houses had a baseball sized whole in the roof and the other had two AC units that were not functioning along with mold that had to be remediated.