I am planning to take over property management of my rentals for a while, due to inadequate results from my existing property managers.

That might have been the time to get out and still have most or all of the Ernest Money returned.7.

I felt comfortable if things went south I could sell right away and recoup some or all my money.

Buy Full and Sell Partial - Keep some or all of the payments on the back-end for future cash flow.

Keep in mind that some parks have move-in incentives that can help pay for part or all of the move and setup.

What are some options to bring up with my CPA to offset most or all of the taxes?

My ex lives in this neighborhood in fact and she was on her way home from work on the L when a very large man approached her, pulled down his pants and demanded that she satisfy him orally. 

Cap rate is expressed as a percentage and determined by local market.VALUE = NOI/CAP RATESo for this deal and way before I even purchased the property, I knew the market, had a clear understanding of income potential and built extra cushion in for expenses in my underwriting analysis.My strategy for value add deals is I follow what I call the "Fabulous Four".I buy assets whereby the property has one or all of these core elements, the ability to:Increase RentsDecrease ExpensesIncrease OccupancyFix Deferred MaintenanceSummary, my team was able to increase rents by fixing deferred maintenance items.

Someone else pays most or all of the mortgage for you.You also get landlord-ing experience and all that comes with that which you can leverage for your next investment.

Account Closed you are either all in or all out.