The more time you spend on administrative tasks coordinating with multiple service providers, the less time you get to spend on managing your properties, finding new potential investments and increasing your financial returns.Tax strategies and property insurance are two areas that are highly customizable because no two portfolios are identical.

For this similar price. 2 bedrooms under $300k : rent a room, Reno the condo, increase value and let it ride while paying down the loan , taking tax benefits and growing equity.

For sure get hard quotes for the reno and for insurance and property tax increases.

I'm assuming the main reason for the 1031 is to increase cash flow, right?

We found out our property manager only lists on Zillow so we are marketing it ourselves on other rental platforms to hopefully increase visibility.

There are very few places where you can still get anywhere near the 1% rule, and in Omaha you really don't have to look that hard to find those opportunities in droves.Not to get too into the weeds, but I have a thesis that the Midwest as a whole will begin to outperform the coastal and southernmost cities as time goes on-- primarily driven by increasing COL & decreasing QOL in said coastal urban cities. 

Also another thing to consider are most municipalities will significantly increase your taxes if you pop the top of the house.

I'm okay just keeping the equity increase for now, but any tips on how to raise rent given the renovations I did already? 

2.) looking for advice on how to deploy 600+ thousand dollars into real estate and start receiving the cash flow from it without having to pull the 401(k) out and swallow the tax ramifications.I currently own 13 units and receive healthy cash flow from all of them, but I am looking to increase my cash flow so I can ease into the next phase of my life which includes work of a different kind but not doesn’t having a 9 to 5 job.Thanks in advance!

If you are working with a reputable company, then you buy the property, hold the property and look up 7-10 years down the road and have a home that has increased in value and a debt that has been reduced by your renter.