Why do you think purchase contracts are so long and have such small print?

If you want to combine two or more lesser sales into one higher purchase that is fine as long as your purchase meets the timing requirements for each sale.  

You can indefinitely defer the tax and use it to purchase nicer property/properties, as well as not have to recapture any depreciation.

I went through similar experience when I purchase rentals from a turnkey provider in Indianapolis.

Best toilets I've purchased. 

Purchased a little too high at the buy (I knew it at the time too), does a little better than breaking even on cashflow, and took too long to rehab.

With that in mind, I’m considering purchasing four rental units over the next four years to build a stream of income that could help supplement my retirement by age 68.The challenge I’m facing is that the deals I’ve come across so far don’t make financial sense.

This is my first purchase, where my intent was to install recessed lighting all throughout the house.

But I purchased land in cash and leveraged it to build a new construction stick built home.

refinance our own home with some money down + purchase another flip?