Anything specific/out of the ordinary to have photos of beyond the usual?

The church had a huge unused attic space which had room for 3 bedrooms and a patio and I added a roof deck where one of the steeples was.

First, on the partnership return,  GP is a deduction for partnership (your LLC) against its rental income to arrive at its ordinary business income. 

I see that such interest from an individual or LLC is treated as ordinary income, so if I can tax-loss harvest from equities to offset the gains, how to optimize?   

If you are planning to get into a business that generates ordinary income, you may want to look into setting up an S-Corp to help reduce the amount of self-employment taxes paid.

It sits on a little patio in the yard, not under a roof. 

It is on the side of a hill and when it rains heavily the water comes down the hill and rushes down the street right next to me and my patio always fills up with several inches of water.

Expand driveway, add front porch, added to back patio, all new furnishings.

They are usually ordinary folks who will share information with you.My priorities would be Aspen and then Vail.

We're seeing 20-25% of the tax basis.2) STRs have a lot more net income, so the straight-line depreciation is not nearly enough to cover that (especially since STRs are on a 39 year schedule as opposed to LTRs which are on a 27.5 year)3) If you qualify for material participation by self managing, you can use the additional passive losses that cost seg creates to offset ordinary income as well.