I'm 53, married with 2 kids less than 17 years old with debt only from purchases on credit cards and my home.

I also purchased these while residing in CA!

This allows you to use all of the tax and deferred depreciation recapture to purchase the larger MF propertyA consolidation exchange is where you sell multiple investment properties to purchase a larger and nicer investment property, but you also get the benefit of using all of the tax you would have had to pay to your advantage.

She has quite a bit of experience regarding investment real-estate purchases.

For those, each has its own LLC because I need to segregate investors in different properties (in other words, the ownership is different so the entity has to be different) and because our lenders for those size deals require single purpose entities.But if I formed a separate LLC for each of the 700+ properties that I’ve purchased in my career (all of the houses and small multi), I’d need a full-time legal team just to handle entity administration.  

What type of property do you plan to purchase(Single, multi, commercial, etc) and where do you plan to buy it?

The main differences (besides rates/underwriting guidelines) is what you can include in your renovation costs.

I purchased the property from the Shelby County Land bank. 

So if you purchased one 4-plex each year, after 10 years you would have about $12K per month in cash flow.

When we moved, we turned it into a rental, hoping this would be the start of our real estate journey—something we’d like to continue once my husband retires.Some key details:My husband is active duty and will retire in 3 years.We have one final move coming up this summer to Raleigh, NC.Our current debts are crippling us—the high interest makes it tough to stay afloat every month.The plan me and my husband are thinking bout:Sell the rental property.Use the proceeds to pay off all our debts, set aside emergency funds and a down payment for our next home.Free up $1,500/month from debt payments, and that also can stash in a high-yield savings account.Regain full VA loan entitlement, allowing us to purchase a multifamily home and use the house hacking strategy for up coming move.Avoid capital gains tax, since April marks five years of ownership, and the tenant’s lease ends in May.This wasn’t our original plan, and we hate the idea of using our equity to pay off debt.