It was a good moneymaker for me and I would love to continue short term renting.

Been slowly rehabbing my own primary residence and debating if I myself would want to rent it out or continue living in it.

If rents rise over the next few years, that could help cover some of the higher payments if interest rates continue to climb.

I’ll keep you updated as I continue my search but good luck!!

When you do a 1031 exchange, the next property you buy continues down the same depreciating term. 

Or is it better to capture all the rental income while continuing to pay my current rent at $500/month?

If that continues then I'm definitely out ( and we will see).

I don't think the fact that prices have gone up 5 years in a row is a good clean indicator that they will continue to do so, if it cashflows today and I can hold it for 20 years inflation should do most of the heavy lifting for me. 

People seem to buy mainly for appreciation, but I'm not sold appreciation will continue to rise the way it has the past 5 - 6 years, so feel like CF is the safer investing avenue for me. 

I don't know how to make this happen but the numbers work well, so I'm looking for creative advice/equity partners/private money/hard money  for how to make this happen, and then when my business sells I can pay back the loan and find financing at that point to continue the rehab.