I will give that some thought!

@Garrett Gahn - lots of different schools of thought, but you could put that equity to work instead of it being trapped.

It's very tough here to invest these days.So, I thought I'd buy a cabin in Big Bear City.

Could potentially be finished in a single day with a cooperative phone rep at the IRS, could take longer with an uncooperative one.Unlike normal tax preparation/planning however, form 2848 would require you to seek out someone with the EA or CPA certification specifically since the individual must be licensed to get the power of attorney status.

(Food for thought)10% for Cap Ex & 5% for maintenance sounds fair and consistent with many BP suggestions.If it is value add and you do renovations, then hopefully your place will be "like new" and won't have many of those repairs/maintenance/cap ex issues early on. 

We just did not have the Internet to go around shouting about it.Heck, my favorite TV shows thought me.

If I truly believe selling now is in their best interest, I will share my thoughts and support my opinion with some kind of data.

Have you thought through all of that or are you still forming a plan? 

I appreciate your thoughts in advance!

Thanks John.That was my thought process as well.