However, over the last 20 years there have been no Tax Court decisions against it... so it clearly isn’t all a sham.

Learn how to consistently hit singles and doubles, and don't be ashamed to take the occasional walk. 5 years is a very short time frame to go from no RE to financially free (although you may already have property, which is an awesome start). 

That's a shame, I really appreciated our communications.

Every time I have listed a unit I get tons of Facebook trolls stating that I should be ashamed of myself and that my price is too high.

It’s a shame that real estate is often touted as a ‘get rich quick’ scheme.  

It seems a shame to leave it there empty.

It's actually a shame this wasn't caught earlier IMO.

Most of their victims are either too naive or too ashamed to do anything about it.

There are full of BS, understand absolutely nothing about the law and should be ashamed of themselves for attacking the investors. 

Some folks, IMO and admittedly, contradict themselves a little (see: it can't be done, guy is a sham followed by I know people that make it work) but love to bloviate and tell everyone how good they are doing in different classes of properties.