If or when you have kids treat them as a savings plan even if an infant.  

Parma and Fairview Park would be good for a dude who's wanting to send his kids to a halfway decent school.

This is the most basic level of protection and it is not very effective, but it is still better than nothing.

I went back and read my initial response expecting it to be a lot worse and it was basically nothing, just my usual trashing of wholesaling.I know being a moderator is absolutely thankless, but this was likely because she used some buzzwords that were completely fabricated to make her look bullied when everything she was saying was about 10x worse than my responses in my opinion.

BP does offer some basic info on markets, but I wouldn't solely use it to pick where to invest. 

Home prices and rents have basically doubled in the last 5 years and I really think it's just going to keep going. 

However dependent upon taxable income you could get away with a pretty low tax bill due to favorable capital gains tax rates.Be sure to work with a qualified intermediary and a tax professional to ensure you comply with all 1031 exchange regulations and to be sure you keep basis correct as all a 1031 does is defer your gain.Happy to help run some numbers or do some basic analysis for you if you would like. 

Been educating myself for a while now and understand the basics of the process.

In the middle of the direct mail campaign our second child was born and it became clear that I wouldn't be able to devote the time needed to work my full-time W-2, build a flipping business (with the goal of saving enough money to buy an apartment), and raise 2 kids. 

He sent over a contract...basically the terms are they take 50% and they do all the work?