seems like you'd sell b as homestead no capital gains tax and retain a as next homestead free to sell as homestead either immediately (not sure here as you may only be able to exclude gains once every 2-5 years, whichever is law) or in 2-5 years.   

Ideally your rents more than cover your mortgage so you gain equity and cashflow.

On one hand I can be persistent, make a base hit purchase... maybe, and gain some experience. 

Being a hairdresser for so long I have gained great sales, communication and people skills as I’m quite outgoing and extroverted!

You would want to invest your IRA passively if you wish all income/gains to be sheltered from taxes until distribution.

I have listened to several BP podcasts and gained a lot of valuable knowledge.

Are you able to gain any of your own clients and charge a fee?

With that in mind here's why;Moving real property out of a S/C- Corp is taxable when it comes to capital gains and a personal suit of judgment against you or one of your shareholders can filter through to the corporation.

No matter how new you are, if you know your market like the back of your hand you will gain people's trust as a neighborhood expert.Fourth, aggressively pursue getting listings.

There seems to be two camps where:Take it : $1 save today is more valuable that $1 in the future, even with the recapture when selling the propertyNot take it : due to huge increase of the asset price, when you sell, it will bump you up to higher tax bracket, and with the recapture, it will negate any tax write off you gain earlier.Just wondering if there are any general rule of thumbs to follow?