Plus, I would love to talk with someone that could help me strategize better financially to get to my goals quicker.

Plus, I would love to talk with someone that could help me strategize better financially to get to my goals quicker.

@Brandon Handel TBH, if you put more than 5 minutes of your time into thinking of a strategic name for a housing rental business then it's valuable time wasted.

of course this is where a developer comes to play .. and since I am a small time one.I can tell you that in markets that are robust.. land is a premium.. if it has to be subdivided and infrastructure built there is a small segment that can do those and have the means to get financing very tough..  

:The Oakland City Council is scheduled Tuesday to decide on a resolution proposed by Councilmember Lynette Gibson McElhaney that would establish a city loan program to help “distressed low-income homeowners” evict their tenants when the landlord or relative wants to occupy the property.Under this proposal, co-sponsored by Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan, the city would set aside $300,000 “to make available no-interest loans” to “cash-strapped” landlords to help them pay city-required relocation payments to tenants they are evicting.http://www.oaklandpost.org/2018/07/06/councilmembe...Oakland has quite a robust second mortgage business.

But those are for a completely different strategic reason which the 1031 process is still an integral part of their strategy. 

Or, I look at the overall robust economy, the relatively strong housing market, and wonder if I'm entering at a bad time - but then realize that when/if things crash, that'll be another round of changes that provides for opportunity.Opportunity is born from change, and at 42, I'm old enough to know that the secret to doing something is to just get started, and to keep chipping away at it.Anyway, my short term goal, once I have finished doing enough research and working on getting the overall engine in place, is to get a couple deals under my belt, and get an idea of what pieces of my process needs refinement in order to scale up a bit.

I remember coming across lots of houses where owners were walking away from their over-valued mortgage in what was called Strategic Default.

I dont know my daughter is an agent there.. and my wife has been going on showings with her.. (  9 1/2 months prego)... and my wife has 30 years at this game.. and from her perspective its still quite robust.. we put an offer in on a rehabber this week and there were 23 other offers seller was going to take the best 7 and counter those tomorrow..

My agent is checking on options.Since this is my first "strategic" real estate by, I keep getting stuck in analysis paralysis then I miss opportunities.