I graduate in may and I am projected to play professional baseball after the MLB draft in July.

I am a professional photographer and have been doing that for the past 18 years, so I'll also be building my business in NC from the ground up!

Quote from @Fred Scott: Sunrise Capital Investors - Mobile Home Park Investment FundI've seen a few posts about them here but none of them actually talks about what the actual annual returns have been.They are advertising heavily for passive tax deductions which is fine but what are the actual returns over a period of (say) five or ten years?

I started my professional career in medical device sales and still do that full-time.

One thing to think about are the tax implications of being a Canadian paying US taxes.

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The extra income is not worth the disruption to our neighbors.Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

And if there is a "why" then the 1031 is what you want to use to get into a new property and defer all tax.  

How do we minimize taxes on the profit we're making on this first home? 

You did purchase the property in one tax year and are selling it in another tax year which satisfies one of the court rulings.