You'll defer all tax.For the 1031 you will use all of your regular professionals in their normal capacity. 

If you paid $300k and sell for $850k…If you owned it less than a year, $550k of regular income at full tax rates state and federal.

Try educating tenant on appliance and regular maintenance that needed, such as replacing furnace filter. and make sure communication is done properly in right format, like text messages and then follow up with call, if in need of Maintenace repair.

You can have 2 identical properties with same rent income, but the expenses and capex will be different.

How much do you have in regular savings that you can use to buy a property?

I want to accelerate the payoff by either paying $500 extra on each or $1000 extra per month on 1 only and keeping the regular payment for the other.

Otherwise, a regular foreign national program can be used, which are typically capped with 5-15% lower LTV.

They teach ME things on a regular basis.

Harrison, My firm regularly deals with variances and local municipalities to assist clients in obtaining variances.

This would allow us to retain the tax identity of the partnership but also split the purchases between each of the partners.