Profit well exceeded $100k and I ate a $40k capital gains check to the gov.

There is a reason eve ate the forbidden fruit first and was tricked . 

I have seen sites go from looking like a lot of buildable area to getting a giant piece cut off because of "underground" wetlands that arent visible from any satellite image or looking at it from the ground and that ended up killing the project because that ate into the area needed for parking.

It sounds like you handled everything correctly in terms of repairs, and I suspect you will enjoy many future years of healthy cash flow.If it's any consolation, I bought a fourplex that ate my lunch for the first couple of years (repairs, bad tenants, you name it.) 

My tenants would have ate him had he done that to one of my windows 

Can an IRA at E*Trade do that? 

Use a tee fitting like a civilized person.

We were so tired we just showered, ate some dinner and passed out.

I saw a home last month where the termites ate a wood truss so bad, the weight of the home compressed that 2x8 truss to a 2x6. 2 inches of movement is a lot.

I just wouldn’t offer ate longer than 3 weeks to avoid problems.