For instance Brandon from Bigger Pockets always mentions in his webinars/podcasts that he is looking for 200 per sfh and then 100 per unit for multi family.

also you want to in most instances have your title company run date down title before you accept one.. if there are leins and judgements your taking title sub too those when your record your dil.sometimes when U look at the current state of the title you will determine you need to do the full foreclsoure to extinguish juniors who are now latched on to your title.

I see too many instances of tenants using these laws to take advantage of landlords.

I expect a broken door here or there, the occasional dent, maybe the occasional weird instance of someone causing damage by storing something weird.

Sometimes people will not state all they know in an email but will if you show up and ask the janitor for instance.

As a developer for instance when I look at a piece of land  basically I have 2 prices. if a seller wants me to take all the risk then the price I will pay for the dirt will be really low.

For instance, if you can get a rental property with returns greater than 6%, the interest you pay on the loans, then go with the rental property.

For instance, I run AirBNBs in Upstate NY.

banker here, never underestimate the value of a W2 for lending. really is night and day unfortunately.There are other options for funding, such as asset based lending, private money, or in-house (portfolio) loans, but none are anywhere near as easy as the famous fannie mae 30yr fixed unfortunately I think you're going to find real estate MUCH more stressful than a day job.

If, for instance you had profit of $445K and followed your scenario you would pay tax on the $345K boot but would shelter the other $100K of profit in the 1031.