Hey Steve,
I would be looking to do a 1031, after all why pay taxes when you don’t need to.
My quest into real estate is a relatively short story. I have owned a transportation company for the past 8 years and About two years ago I thought it would be a wise idea to take a pay cut and make investments into real estate. My goal was to shift into real estate full time and retire from everything except passive income real estate by the age of 45-50, I’m 33 now.
I started buying distressed condos a few at a time with cash, fixing them up, refinancing and then repeating the process. Last year I also started doing some small flips. I completed bought and sold 5 flips in 2017 and produced a net income of $77k. The purchase prices of the flips ranged from $50k-$102k. I currently have four flips in the works as well. Honestly, I don’t know if I did well in the flips from a professional flippers perspective. I did like the fact that the flips required minimal investment, risk, and rehab.