From what I understand of Opportunity Zone Funds, you can invest ANY capital gains into it not just ones from real estate.

Hi,I am Ramandeep singh, live in Mechanicsburg PA- new to real estate investing and a big fan of Bigger Pockets, I am still getting familiarized with website and wanted to say " Hi" to valuable members on this forum.

@Manuel Naranjo As long as you didn't use the home sale gain exclusion on another property in the last 2 years, you should qualify for the full exclusion.IRC §121(b)(5)(C)(ii)(I) states that otherwise nonqualified (e.g., rental) use would not include any period after the last date that the property is used as the principal residence of the taxpayer or the taxpayer's spouse, so it essentially doesn't matter that it was a rental from December 2014 - June 2017 for purposes of the home sale gain exclusion since the last date you lived in the property as your principal residence was before you rented it out.Depreciation recapture is another story.

Just because you do have a gain on your adjusted basis and it does not sound like it was your primary residence, and able to avoid any gain.

Here's the scoop:The house has been a rental for @ 6 years with decent income; clearing @ $6k + annually; no mortgage; current market value @ $160kI have probably broken even at this point with initial cost and all (many many) upgrades;  have no idea what the tax situation will be if I sell; would not be able to use 2 year personal residence - no cap gains rule.  

Maybe buy someone coffee and see the pros and cons, i'm sure it will be valuable time. 

The good thing is you learned a very valuable lesson right up front. 

I've been trying to gain all the knowledge possible in regards to REI.

This is the exact strategy "gurus" use to get people to pay thousands for a course.BP is a valuable resource, typically people who post here offer value or have a real question/concern they need help with.

I've been listening to the BP podcasts and gaining knowledge about real estate via books, blogs, and articles.