Hello @Jeanette Land - (Great last name by the way to be into Real Estate)...

Last short term rental we put on the market was booked for a 30 day stay first day on the market.

The last meetup only had a few people, and we discussed opening it to investors at large, what are your thoughts? 

@Keith DowdyI see your name pop up in every Beech Mountain post for the last couple years.

So in my mind it would be best used as a last move into a REIT you never sell.  

There will likely be a partnership return required where you flipped a house with a partner and lost $120,000.If you sold the other property within the same partnership, it will also be reported on that partnership return.The net result to you is that you will receive a K-1 showing your income / loss which you then use to report on your individual return.If you made no money within the same year, you likely pay no additional taxes / get no additional refund.Best of luck.

I actually just bought a duplex that was on the market last month in cleveland. 

This is all despite the fact that they've made no improvements to the properties since acquiring them, and local property value indices only have about 15% appreciation for property values in the last 2 years for my area.

We had a neighborhood meeting last week to discuss the development with nearby property owners.

My last claim to fame was working on set for Season 1 Love Is Blind on Netflix also as a wedding photographer.