If a 1031 is planned, you must engage a 3rd party 1031 intermediary (like @Dave Foster) ASAP, and absolutely before you sell the duplex.7.

But Dave Foster can guide you further.....the 200% rule among other ideas.

I like this choice because you can see who people recommended and who they decided to go with based on their interactions among the many CPA's(depending of if they shopped around).

What do you do to help foster goodwill (and how many units do you have as a point of reference).THANKS!

Thus, I need someone competent to do a thorough financial analysis to help me understand where the swing points are in the tradeoff where one option would make more sense vs. the other one.Something along the lines of:https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/upshot/bu...but which also incorporated my current investment property holdings.

 @Brian Schmelzlen @Natalie Kolodij @Dave Foster Thanks all!

@Brandon Foster Check out this thread!

I will say this, however: 90% of your tenant screening is going to happen when you meet the prospective tenant, and interact with them.

I look forward to interacting with you more.  

Thanks for the reply, @Dave Foster and @Jay HelmsJay, I know I didn't mention it, but our buy and hold strategy is multi-family.