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Stuff that works, stuff to avoid? 

So you want to lock in the gains as tax free gains before turning it into a rental.

The City of Findlay also offers property tax incentives for developing vacant land. 

Also this brings out my question regarding the taxes but that can be asked another day.

Matthew,Yes, you would want to use those funds and do a 1031 exchange to avoid paying taxes on the cash or (boot) from the sale of the home. 

I'd been thinking, "I should be able to handle this myself--but now I have to really study up and make sure I don't do anything wrong, cuz now this precious squatter is threatening me with legal action--AND I want to avoid lawyer's fees."

I'm just making about $250 net each month off of $1900/month rent (about $1,450 total for mortgage, insurance, taxes, etc.) , but appreciation has helped, the tenant is great, I have a property manager. 

Hocking County only requires a tax registration and then 6% of all booking revenue is paid to the county at the end of the month.