Don't sell anything but awesome community to be around like minded individuals

Its worth having your brokers license if you want to make money helping other people buy and sell.

Landlords will still find ways, or (more likely) they will sell their properties and invest in another state.

But I assume those depreciation get's recapture in the taxes anyway when I sell those funds.

How hard is it to get about 4 homes similar to the one you will sell and look at what they sold for? 

Are you thinking about doing more buy and holds or fix and flip then sell?

Can I sell some of my stock held long-term for 3 yrs at etrade to further offset the gains?

One of the biggest risks I observe with flips and first time investors are instances where the project goes over budget or gets stuck in mud, can't sell and even worse the borrower doesn't have the credit profile to refinance out to a lower interest lending source if borrower is required to hold the property as a rental. 

The “Big deals” are…You have to buy something you don’t already own, not pay off debt, renovate a home you own, or build on land you already own.You have to spend all the “cash” you receive.You have spend more than your net selling price.You can never receive or have control of the cash, you need a QI PRIOR to selling. 

-As far as trying to sell land with no access, sometimes I've sold those to neighbors who want to increase their acreage, or utility companies, cities or other public entities who could use the piece for whatever reason.