This also tells us if we buy a 2.5M house now, we will lose money if we move and rent this one in the future.

I'm open to learning, collaborating, and possibly finding business partners for future ventures.   

Fastest way to learn is by networking with people who are actively doing what you want to be doing in the future 

Past performance doesn't guarantee the same future performance. 

From there you can cultivate the relationship by email / calling them to stay top of mind for future leads. 

Just depends on your current rate, strategy, future cash-flow, etc. 

I think about taking these few issues and multiplying them out times ten (that's today, and hopefully in the future 20X or 30X) and it just makes me depressed thinking about it.  

I have high confidence in future appreciation, but relying on it is certainly risky. 

I haven't done a 1031 exchange, but may in the near future and the small amount of research I have done on it seems to indicate that some qualified intermediaries only do the intermediary task (hold your money while you close on the new deal) and some try to do other tasks as well, like facilitate you finding the next deal, etc. 

Your future in REI depends on it!