The article is exclusively about Qatari real estate,  since foreigners can only freehold in certain areas.

I received a request from a corporation who wants to rent our place and lock in an exclusive agreement where we can't rent to anyone else during the contract period.

I have come across this company in the past in a newspaper ad. 

So not long after my father left that I got a job as a newspaper boy (and an incredible newspaper boy at that!

Plus, with homes with prior appreciation, you can loose the section 121 capital gain exclusion when you convert it to a rental.Run your residence through your deal analyzer as if you were purchasing it to rent and see if it meets your investment criteria and see how it compares to other properties that you are considering. 

(Form 4797 Part III, Line 22)There are sometimes other adjustments to CG, but that should cover most of it.The $500K section 121 exclusion on CG is for married couples filing jointly.

I had 3 offmarket deals last year that were brought straight to me because of who I am, so my buyers get access to exclusive properties.I was able to get these done both because Im good at what I do....but also because of my relationships in the market place and my reputation in the market for getting deals done and not having flaky clients.So do I think Im worth whatever I get paid?

But dig deeper into the history of this street and it unveils the disgusting origins of WHY this was such an “exclusive” neighborhood. 

In the case of gas billing, one tenant has the gas service in their name (the unit with gas heating), and the other tenant reimburses for their consumption (which is exclusively hot water consumption). 

@Jay Turf, That's correct the gain which is contained in the note would not be taxable up to the limits of the 121 exclusion.