From the Owner's end, as far as selling their Zombie property would you advice the Owner/Seller to contact the lender and try to get a payoff/deed in leiu of foreclosure, etc. or just follow through with a Quit Claim Deed with the Buyer and have him/her contact the lender...for a response within 28 days for so like you mentioned?

Although this sounds like a great plan, when they mention training their just like other lead sources. 

As Chris mentioned, the taxpayer has to stay the same between the 1031s.

@Rafael Ramos if you're looking to make some solid returns and open to short term rentals as you had mentioned, reach out to @Josh Green.

Hi, Drago thanks.I forgot to mention, that I do have one in Mexico too.

Again, this comes down to the factors mentioned above.

Hey @Stefanie Bradford, I've heard good things about apartments.com like @Mark Page mentioned.

No, as I mentioned I have LTR rentals but it's becoming difficult to keep buying these when I don't get any immediate tax benefits from them, I've bought two in the last 2 years and had to put out a bunch of money to get them ready, etc and not one cent of that is a writeoff for me until years in the future when I actually have passive profit, meanwhile I live in a high tax, high COL state.

@Benjamin Stacey you didn't mention your family size, but if just the two of you, what would happen with your numbers if you finished the basement and lived down there, while renting the upstairs?

This seems like brilliant grasp of the obvious, but I mention it so I can answer your questions1.