One piece of advice I never forgot is to never ever sign anything without a copy and without a lawyer looking at it first.

If you and another person own a piece of real estate as tenants in common then you both own real estate. 

So was I incorrect in thinking that by incorporating I can defer paying capital gains taxes as long as those are re invested in another piece of real estate? 

Everything can be done with a calculator and a piece of paper if need be.

These areas are becoming 'micro Big Sur-esque,' a more affordable piece of the Pacific Wonderland. 

The idea is the product of an ah-ha moment late Friday afternoon as I was scrambling to put the pieces of this puzzle back together.

congrats my friendHere is one piece of advice I have for you:As you attempt to find what area to invest in, use this website https://www.areavibes.com/Its a great resource and starting point for what an area might look like and it has something called a "livability score".

Let me know what kind of deals you have going and I can try to piece together some scenarios for you. 

If a piece of residential real estate is compliant non-conforming you should be able to use it like any residential real estate. 

The neighbor was the hottest in the twin cities and this house has 83 businesses cards of realtors who showed the property.