Starting with a small multi-family house hack is a smart move, offering the benefits of living rent-free and equity building.

Facebook has nothing to offer new investors at all, it's Facebook.

Or are you familiar with Norada’s offerings?

Local banks typically offer lower interest rates but might require a solid track record and detailed financials.

I think this may be a built in functionality of the Turno app, but I don't use Turno and my cleaners don't seem to offer that as part of their standard process.

Sometimes when placing an offer --  the POS is not yet available - and when you place an offer you can make your offer contingent upon approval of these items... although in order to have a competitive offer in this seller's market you are basically forced to "assume" the pos violations once they become available (usually 2-3 weeks after it's been ordered) -- you should be able to tell if anything more serious might come up on the POS via your own personal inspection. 

So, you, as an individual, may not get to the same rate that a MASSIVE national builder can...but you can certainly offer credits to the buyers to help buy down the rates. 

I bought an LG TV a few weeks ago, was on the LG site, asked a question on the chat, and they offered 20% off without even asking (on top of the sales price).

Many other investors offer the same deal and it doesn't cost any upfront monies whatsoever.

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).