It was also an election year which makes it even harder.

You do not operate a trade/business - they you avoid 1099s, but neither can you use business overhead deductions.Disclaimer: you cannot simply claim to be running trade or business, it's not some checkbox election.

We will recover in total about 50% of our initial investment in this as we too were early to the table and elected to not reinvest. 

Many think only capital gains from the sale of real estate are eligible, however you can even reinvest the gains from selling stock.How do I elect to defer my gain?

And you can group the two with -9 election.

I have forwarded it to the Colorado AG and Judicial Committee in the legislature.

If you elect a PPP shorter than 2-3 years in most cases, the lender is simply going to collect that fee A) upfront as points rather than as a PPP, or B) with yield, meaning a much higher rate.  

Believe it or not, the election is also having an effect.Be patient.

Today is municipal Election Day here.

In the recent election, over 50 counties flipped RED.