I especially liked what you said about comparing real estate to other investment vehicles.

BFR will replace scatter-site SFR as the preferred vehicle for owning SFR.Yes.

Is this your only retirement vehicle?

@Michael Ablan  You would call E.M.S. then pack all their stuff up and leave it in their vehicle after the ambulance and police are gone. 

Generally speaking, sales of assets such as equipment, buildings, vehicles and furniture will be taxed at ordinary income tax rates, while intangible assets such as goodwill or intellectual property will be taxed at capital gains rates. 

Another issue you may run into is vehicles. 

Try to rent to people without vehicles.  

Do you have a rather new large expensive vehicle?

The property is only the vehicle the deal is riding. 

These folks use RE as their primary vehicle for tax strategy.