But there's a truth in the arbitrage if you can be disciplined about it.Another option that just popped in my head from something you said - if you were to close on your sale after Nov 17, 2018 but before 12/31/18 then your exchange starts in 2018 but your 45 day identification period ends in 2019. 

So even with more hotels popping up in Tucson, those individuals using airbnb most likely will stick with it as long as it's well maintained. 

These customers tried to payoff with loans from other banks however no or was lending especially to mom and pop investors on 5 unit properties. 

I can assure you not all 1 million  are doing deals or have ever bought a rental.. they pop on get excited realize that this is just another JOB although a 1099 instead of w 2.. and some like it and flourish others well not so much.. much harder than it looks.I just spent the week and will go back today in what many on BP would classify as a guru event.. ( invited guest speaker) and this is a very niche product.. and so that extent the audience from what I could see is pretty advanced.. most successful business owners looking to pivot and we were talking about deals starting at 2 million basically and up to 10 to 20 million.. but there were also a few that are starting at the bottom and paid to be there and i think while not cheap and most on BP would gasp.. but if they pull it off they will have far more success than most trying to buy a 200 a month cash flow rental.. their starter projects are going to make them 30 to 60k a year net first one out of the gate.. but question can they get there ??? 

What this does is when this person goes to rent another place and their background is run these will pop up and the person looking to rent denies them.I don't know if there is such a thing as a site that warns landlords of tenants.  

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So as you can see this is not exactly mom and pop type of hey I want to buy a rental house guy wont sell... its was a fight and we were out 45k in cash so we kind of had no choice.. if it was a normal deal with EM that was modest and sitting in title.. well we just would have cancelled got that back and moved on .. no way we would have done all this. and I don't believe in OUR state the judges may rule with the homeowner before the big bad investor developer. 

He is the exact description of the mom and pop landlord that we all look to buy from when they get too tired to continue managing their property. 

Is it crazy to just pop by one, and say hey.. are you guys interested in selling your home?

Prices have gone up so they’re a bit harder to find now but every now and then they pop up.