You are getting some good cash flow, and trading up for higher value properties is something I've considered (I've got twice as many properties as you and getting about the same cash flow - more management headaches, but they are bread and butter median income rentals).A few options I see:1.

Can someone give me their story how they made the relationship with a bank and got their reos. i know this is a big trade secret, so maybe someone who is located no where near massachusetts.Thank you

My names Chris and I'm an air force pilot by trade.

My wife and I have very stable, well paying jobs in the Washington DC metro area, but we've made the decision we want to take charge of our financial futures instead of continually trading time for dollars like our families do. 

Unless there are conforming bedrooms there that are necessary to hit your ARV, we essentially trade dollars when we finish basements.

I do not want half fast pluming jobs that lead to leaks and issues down the road so I am willing to pay a bit extra on this trade.

I have a finance background, I've been day trading for over 7 years now.

I am 62 and swing trade stocks/ETFs for a living but would like to add real estate to my income stream.

It seems like people are just hearing those terms and jumping on it .https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-18/fintech-mircocap-stock-jumps-2-400-after-touting-crypto-linkI am sure most of these companies won't be around forever but I dont think the technology will be going away especially with huge companies researching and implementing it .I was young during the dot com bubble but was following stocks and the market at the time and this feels very similar with these tokens surging so much in price .So far I've only invested a very small amount in ICO , the team seemed very legit and they already have an existing related legit business .Still trying to figure out token distribution and actually being able to trade on the crypto exchanges it's been interesting though .It's not a user friendly experience and there's lots of new terminology and words to learn and different random tools like wallets etc .. but that's kind of what makes it fun too .

Goal: Hold for 5-7 years then trade up.