Unlike investments in stocks and mutual funds, crypto investments allow loss harvesting without the 30-day "wash sale" rules.

You'll have to read the details in your PPM and Capital Call notice but generally you send in more money to maintain or decrease, but never increase, your original position, It's not like putting money into a losing stock where you now own more of the company for a lower average price.You're far from the only person this has happened to.

That is just not realistic in this current market.So in my opinion it's important to expose yourself to a large number of deals, so you can develop an intuitive sense of what's reasonable and what's not (and quickly discard the ones that aren't).And it's true that there is no way to 100% protect from fraud (and not just in passive real estate investments but even in public stocks etc.).

But the bulk of my investment strategy is going to remain in stocks. 

I'd use some stock photos till you can replace them.

Once I hit that goal I'll take stock of how much I like scaling real estate vs. how much I dislike my job, and make a call on retiring vs continuing to scale.Your goal is both hard and very realistic.

The 1031 exchange is a federal tax code and is not state specifc so you can exchange in and out of any state and in and out of any real estate investment (no flips or stocks).

Decatur: +1.2%)- Last 5 years: 77.0% (Annualized difference: +2.8%)- Last 10 years: 88.4% (Annualized difference: +1.3%)So the housing stock in Huntsville appreciates slightly faster, but I’d say the data shows that Decatur can work for both cash flow and appreciation-oriented investors.

It's a place to legally go and sell stock/business without capital gains.

Based on your age & needs, you could consider a variable annuity (stock market) vs a fixed or deferred annuity (more like a long term CD).