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Depending on your level or preference of analysis, data and their providers are incredibly important and difficult to obtain when it comes to real estate underwriting.

I would prefer to pay the capital gains today as based on how we spend money as a country, that capital gains rate most likely is going to be heading up in the future not down.

Your 1031 will ultimately be only as good as the individuals directly assigned to your exchange.  

While the Agent mention that the seller would prefer no assignment, to which I acknowledged. 

They need stability, so although house hacking isn't out of the question, I prefer to not do that.

Renting an individual room is all but guaranteed to be cheaper than them renting a 1/1 apartment alone.

I recommend setting up keyword alerts for each area as they are discussed in the forums daily with advertisements posted in the BiggerPockets marketplace hourly.One thing to note when looking at the individual markets, you can make or lose money in any market.

Ski in/ski out I think would be preferred during ski season which is going to be your busy season

While I agree the rent by the room strategy can be great if you know how to manage it well, from a lending perspective, a lot of 30 year DSCR note buyers won't allow properties with individual room leases, so it could make refinancing more challenging.