@Ryan DunnYou are comparing apples and oranges.

It was a nightmare with people sharing amenities and complaining one of the parties were being too loud, or drunk, etc.Not exactly comparing apples to apples but that turned me off to trying to do any more shared spaces. 

Think of it another way, if you invest in apple stock and show up to a store asking questions or their office to ask questions and say you are an investor in the company - what type of response do you think you would get?

I think you are probably mixing apples and oranges.To have a capital gains tax of $30k you would have had a gain/profit of over $150k.I suspect most of the tax you owe is from depreciation recapture, which is taking back the depreciation deductions you had while owning the property. 

She devalued my old barn because it needs serious repairs and counted towards the usability of the house and she did the same for the pool that needs to be relined.  

@Don Konipol maybe you can forward the link to the members of APPL.

You'll need to compare apples to apples. 40k seems like a low number to design, furnish and amenitize a competitive short term rental projected to do $100k. 

I had someone message me about my debt fund and was like "not FDIC insured", no kidding - you are comparing apples and oranges and thus their is a risk premium for investing.

But as we say in Indiana, it's a bit like closing the barn door after the horses left.

He has a technology background and used to be responsible for marketing of microprocessors at Motorola to companies like Apple.