@Aaron CarltonI would not have one minute of pause for 2 reasons:Her office is not a Broad listing brokerYou are not considered immediate family as you are a generation removedKeep in mind, there is no penalty even if you were immediate family. 

Collins The convergence you'll see on most of these communities' is that people wise in the way of gold favor Broad-market index fund based investing, as opposed to individual stock investing. 

It will be a challenge to achieve the same returns with lower growth, higher exit cap rate, more reserves and lower leverage.It's possible if fire sales begin but I don't see that happening on a broad scale, more likely 5-15% reduction in price/25-100 bps of cap rate expansion depending on the market. 

Although the Notice is confusing, because it is not written like the typical Disaster Relief Notices, this Notice extends any 45-day or 180-day deadline that occurs between April 1 and July 14, to July 15, 2020.COVID-19 Extensions-April 9th IRS notice released-NOT follow typical Disaster Relief 1031 Extensions: broad & confusing -EXTENDS: deadlines to July 15 if either identity or close on a property between April 1 and July 15-This may not be the final draft of this notice. 

Speaking in broad generalities here:  IF the high loan balance is "covered" by a high enough rent it probably won't affect your loan-ability as much as you would think with a high loan balance. 

Hi Cameron, the question is just too broad.

Freeing me up to spend more time focusing on finding properties, lead generationTransition to REI full timeThree to five years is too broad. 

I made 23.68% real profit off my investments in the stock market last year, and I'm fully invested in broad-based index funds.

You stop hitting the 1% rule and, broadly speaking, it's hard to cash flow below that point.

@Alexandre Marques dos Santos  Plumbing and electrical are fairly inexpensive in the broad scope of things.