So true...I just got my bill for the last quarter and it was back to normal.

Are there any tried and true/ industry standard sites, forums, etc. where those looking to avoid capital gains look for investment properties?  

Hey @Jimmy JarjourIt sounds like you are crushing the education game.

I definitely need to improve my social game

But figuring out your strategy whether its LTR, MTR, or STR I would focus on proximity to the university and other attractions of Waco, as they say... location, location, location, it's still very true. 

Celtics game.

When it is a new development, it isn't uncommon to see someone use the date the Certificate of Occupancy was issued - perhaps that marks the "ready", but it still might not be "available".So you can certainly have a property in service in a given year, but not actually have any rental income - but certainly your facts and circumstances are much better if you can actually get a tenant in there, that (should) shore up your defense on that question ever coming up unless you are playing weird games just to get a given in service date for tax purposes.

You have to have some skin in the game or else why would anyone risk their money on you?

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

.- I was able to get access to private investigator software to find the true owners of these properties since conventional skiptracing produced poor results.