I'm going to be sending out my first round of mailing here pretty soon.

Some gated communities have complaints of break ins, some people have horror stories about the new construction.Although in theory this area sounds like a slam dunk (popular attractions nearby, weather decent year round, allowance of STR in gated communities), perhaps so many people are thinking this it’s causing problems.  15-20 years ago Windsor Hills places were selling for about what they are now.If anyone has seriously looked into the STR area here, I’d be interested to hear your thoughts.  

The Northstar Rail just made it through the next round of getting approved to run all the way to st cloud starting in 2019. 

I did miss the usual 4/1 joke round-up. 

My income right now is around $4k/month.Let's just say a property is worth $249k and mortgage lets say is $1,300/month including PITI that's $7,800 just round it up to $10k to be safer.

Would it be best to use bank financing for the first purchase or should i look into hard money(13%) then bank for the cash out refi.These are just example figures to make round numbers im looking at properties of less cost/value.Im trying to figure out the best way for me to acquire deals but not having to tie my money up restricting me to move on to the next 

@Lewis Christman hey man, forgot to add you to the list, we are doing a round table discussion prior to the grand opening, been doing it for a few months and we try todo it at least once a month!

I aquire new houses and do remodels year round.

So for round numbers this should be your capital layout:100k purchase price.

And the last property or two they name will be a fractional TIC or DST which they will use to dump any funds left over if they can't close on one of their preferred properties or to round out the exchange.You've got plenty of time to get the 1031 guidance you need and get busy shopping if you want to do it this year.