(They both shrink your pool or buyers and combining them really shrinks the pool.)Assuming you don’t plan to do a 1031 exchange you’ll also pay higher taxes if you can’t spread them over two calendar years, but not much. 

So you'll have to deal with that.Some will be wanting to finance for tax purposes.

Neutral colors work well, and energy-efficient upgrades not only attract buyers but can also qualify for tax benefits.

I'm sure you've all been down the same road that I'm starting on right now ("how do I scrape my county's property tax and crime data?"

I have taken courses on buying tax defaulted deeds at auction so my plans are to buy 40, 50 60 cents on the dollar.

Since you have lived in the property for two out of the previous five years you could take the first $500k of the gain tax free (as a married couple).

Ask the title company or closing attorney.I would think that trying to move the ownership out of the inherited IRA or change the deed might be considered liquidating the IRA and trigger taxes.

Is your DSCR ratio greater than 1-meaning are you cash flowing (according to the lender's criteria of mortgage, property taxes and insurance (and HOA) if applicable).

I've always worked for myself and didn't have a ton of support so I was not able to prove my income for quite some time due to doing my taxes wrong or not understanding how things work.

If you only plan on owning 2-4 properties, then there's really no harm in self-funding them unless you know a better, safer way to make more than the going interest rate on that money (most investment mortgages right now are about 7%, maybe effectively 5.5-6% after taxes depending on your brackets and tax structure).