Think of wealth in real estate in two categories.Equity and Income (no surprise there).What you have to come to terms with is that in most cases, you have to optimize for one at the expense of the other at any given time. 

They can help you identify which assets to sell to optimize your tax situation and avoid potential pitfalls.2) Living in the Rentals for 2 Years:Living in the rental properties for at least two years before selling them would qualify you for the home sale exclusion, allowing you to exclude up to $250,000 (or $500,000 for married couples filing jointly) of capital gains from the sale of each property.

I wrote a post about optimal leverage strategies a long time ago on BP's blog that may add some to this discussion:Optimal Leverage StrategyThe OP was about whether or not there can be circumstances where non-income-producing uses of debt are "good."  

I was hoping to see some creative ideas like "AI leasing agents" or  "using AI to optimize electricity consumption and HVAC operations in an office building" 

They are great for auto insurance and processing those claims quickly, but I had to file a claim last year on one of my rentals and found their service to be less than optimal to put it kindly.

If your deal flow is sparse funds can create misalignment with investors because you deploy capital in sub-optimal projects to keep it in use4.  

Epictetus, the ancient Greek philosopher, noted that grounded optimism often leads to the greatest satisfaction in life.

A/B testing is key to optimizing in my opinion. 

Plan on spending plenty of time learning how to use your tracking, webpage optimizer etc... inside adwords.

Each page on your website has to be SEO optimized, meaning Google will push it higher up than other sites.