I don't think the "average investor buyer" would ever consider negative cash flow - that being said, there are probably a portion out there that will do so for various reasons/strategies, but its going to be a smaller slice and not part of the main profile

Will it be very complicated to do a 1031 Exchange for my portion (provided that we relinquish the property and the sibling just receives the cash for her portion)?  

You might only need to leverage a portion of the portfolio. 

To answer your question, the attractive portion is their willingness to pay up to one year of the rent up front and additional security deposit to address any concerns about the dog.

Long story short, after two more calls and discussion with a resolution specialist we were told that our issue is the result of refunding a portion of the booking to people before getting a payout.

Get as close to the truth as legal in your state and clarify that you're not a huge capital group coming to town to slum lord the entire city, you're a hard-working guy trying to break out of the 9 to 5 (if that's legal to disclose) and being able to turn a modest income on a rental would be a vital step toward that dream of financial freedom. 

If a house appreciates at 5% in a year, with a 75% LTV you are earning 20% on your portion of the equity in that year!

We have a portion of the basement unfinished with 6' clearance and a portion that is crawl space.

How to increase the rent for this property with the section 8, and is that affect the tenant's portion of rent he is paying?

I guess how vital is a website in correlation to lead gen?