Hi All, I ve hard time to find an answer to my question online, I bought a vacant land in 2017, then built a house on it.The construction, permit included took 2.5 yearsSo now, in 2020 the house is ready to sale.Can I say that I improved my land with a new construction for almost 3 years and assume I will have to pay a long term capital gain ? 

Maintenance and minimal improvements What was the outcome?

Idea is/was to lower my P&I and improve cash flow, etc... 

Will getting a HELOC for a house owned outright (let's say...300k+) be enough/improve chance to get approved for multiple conventional investment property loans on 1 income?

Based on our research, this seems to be a controversial case with several possible interpretations (below) we want to check with the community about their experience for the same.1.No, as this is a replacement of unit of property” (UOP) explicitly defined by IRS – this is an improvement with 27.5 years lifetime and can be only deprecated.

This area has undergone a major gentrification and continues to improve.  

I’m a home improvement contractor so I’ve done flips, new construction, roof raise and full renovations.

I'm trying to learn something new everyday and improve my network as well on BP.

@Lindsay Gittens echoing what Natalie said, my understanding is that it is differentiated by either being a “repair” or a “capital improvement.”

these will be City of Canby Oregon improvements and they will maintain them.. this is one reason our cost are so high we have to build to some pretty tight standards before the city will take them over..