I’m not sure if I can sell it and do a 1031 on it to avoid taxes, or would it be better to try and rent it out as much as possible and buy the other one too and try and rent them both out.

Participation trophy culture runs rampant next to abject fragility as a guise to avoid responsibility and ownership.

Selling now avoids capital gains tax and lets you reinvest into a new primary home and a solid rental property, which feels like the safer play given the cash flow challenges and ARM timeline.

Right now, our rental listings are pretty centralized to the Pittsburgh area so everything is pretty close together! 

I have had one investment property in Birmingham, Alabama, for two years and wholesale cash-flowing turnkey properties in Central Alabama.

I invest in central Texas would be great to connect.

.: I've never hired an EA or CPA before and need advice on vetting them to avoid being taken advantage of.

This is what can go wrong when you have beginners wholesaling who have no training in real estate, no experienced managing broker to go to for advice, no license, no E&O insurance, no knowledge of how to avoid scams, no regulatory body to answer to, no relationships with other quality people in the industry like title companies, lenders, contractors that they can refer to help people, etc. 

Now, I think the best exit strategy to avoid recapture tax continue to build on your portfolio would be to do a 1031 exchange. 

Be upfront with tenants about lease terms to avoid surprises, and those summer STR rates?