Long story short, my portfolio's equity has grown to the point where the return on equity is so low that it has forced me to consider selling my 14 unit apartment building. 4 years ago when I bought this property for 445k and I dumped in 200k and has performed incredibly well and rents have grown, the building is now worth around 1.1M.

Person-to-person referrals just in terms of content is so important.

I may be wrong in my understanding of the real estate code of ethics outlined in the Arizona state statutes, and everything else I've read regarding real estate transactions, but as far as I understand it the original agreement to sell is null and void due to the nondiscolure committed by the real estate agent/broker first in the fact that he signed the agreement to sell as the buyer, misrepresentating himself as the agent and stating he had a buyer/investor and Secondly because the agent involved should not sign in representation of the buyer but may only accompany the buyer to the signing (it was done through docusign, I signed first and then was notified that the buyer had signed and downloaded a copy, I didn't look at who the buyer was until just last night).

*I am not a CPA, tax professional or a lawyer*I cannot give legal advice, so all of my advice is illegal advice.As far as I know, section 469 of the tax code is what allows for the "STR loophole". 

For the reasons I mentioned, there's no contest far as I'm concerned.

Hi Nick, I believe it's hard to optimize given the prop values is so high in GTA.

You also have to file UBIT taxes and most CPAs don't even know what that is. So

As far as the home, if you have lived in it for at least 2 out of the previous 5 years you will be able to sell it and take the first $250K of profit tax free.

The reason is so many potential types of tenants and developers will desire that dirt.

BUT, once we applied for the card, we were rejected immediately because our debt is so large compared to our income because DUH, we are real estate investors.I figured a lot of other investors might have run up against this issue and I was wondering if anyone figured out how to work around it.