This spreads out the risk among more people instead of consolidating risk in Government agencies like HUD or FHA. 

Hey what's up you guys I have a few questions for my BP community that I need to know to really consolidate the info in my mind...1 How to go about starting your LLC?

I do have a re-finance in process, to get a better interest rate and consolidate all debt, leaving me with just a small (under $400/mo) house payment, and freeing-up a good deal of monthly disposable income which could be applied towards purchase of the fixer house.

If you jack up minimum wage it would take their profit way down and they would consolidate employees to save profit margins.I think a lot of this is not for the benefit of the people.

As your life cycle reaches maturity and lower energy you begin to use 1031 exchanges to move from active management properties to passive management properties and from lots of properties to fewer properties (consolidate).5.

The consolidated management costs and the scalability are far better than purchasing single family homes when your end goal is cash flow (think of all the Six Sigma wastes you eliminate by consolidating everything for 30 units worth of income into a single transaction). 

Very 50,000 foot perspective - yet just to mention, the growth in the MJ market is starting to consolidate.  

I am thinking maybe I should hold off and buy fewer more expensive properties to ensure I don't have ten or so on the market all at the same time, when I will hopefully be trying to execute the final part of my plan and consolidating all of my capital for one property.  

The ability to diversify into greater numbers or more advantageous geographical locations and then consolidate as your investing cycle matures into larger less hands on projects is a key component to using 1031s successfully Absolutely as said above the 1031 has to leave you in a better position.  

You can make money in four ways:Cash FlowAppreciation (gambling)AmortizationTax ShelterIf you are holding this for the long term and it's in a good consolidated area, you  should be ok.