And still about 1/2 of people looking at it could still faintly smell smoke.  17 showings the first day on the market when we bought it,  we were the only ones making an offer,  we lowballed, they took it,  we thought we were so smart.  

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Hi @Andrew Jones, the great thing about having capital is that it gives you a lot more choice in terms of what real estate investment strategy you wish to pursue.

@Kurt Bouma holding a property In my Roth IRA initially valued at $150k until I  sold it 12 years later for $415k without any depreciation recapture tax, no capital gains tax, NO TAX, seems smart.

After 100% distributed you can transfer from LLC to you personally or leave it in the LLC-your choice. 

On this tile and tub, clear will look better than white, the only two real choices.

Would this be a smart investment despite all the natural disasters happening?

@Jeffrey Paye Good choice focusing on central Maine. 

I want to be sure I go about it the smart way.

I dont think the tenants that are currently there could pay for a 30 to 35% rent increase so the choice would be to let them stay and raise the rent bit by bit or non-renew and have them move out so i can renovate, clean up and get market rent with new tenants.