I've had more success gaining the attention of ALE and other companies by having more properties to offer them.

Perhaps the numbers will turn out to be much better, but I'd be careful to not let your personal love for the area lure you into an investment that you might someday loathe due to ill performance coupled with management headaches.

Attention to detail is important in this business.

@Ryan Fox I would be paying attention to new cracks in the foundation.

Easy to tell that he is authentic & cares about people.Casual Fridays REI.

Investors should therefore exercise significant care when choosing their Qualified Intermediary because of the critical role the company will play in the administration of their 1031 Exchange transaction.It is extremely important to note that 1031 Exchange Qualified Intermediaries are generally not required to be licensed, regulated, audited or otherwise monitored by any regulatory body.

Be super careful if you're buying in Hudspeth County. 

The system is what's really broken:1) S8 should have a time limit - get free housing to get your life in order and move on.2) S8 should have strong requirements for taking care of the home taxpayers are paying the rent for. --- We haven't seen a S8 inspection report in over a decade that required a tenant to fix damages they obviously caused.

Secondly all DSCR should allow you to close in the LLC without a rate hit.If you are going to take out any cash through a refinance in less than 1-2 years be careful of how many years they try and hit you with the Pre-Payment penalty. 

So who cares if I own or not?