@Shiloh LundahlThis is Golden.

I'm writing this post to shed some light on a problem I keep encountering with aspiring investors who are new to real estate.They read a book or two, hop on BiggerPockets and learn about a few ways to analyze a potential deal, and somewhere along the way they form a "Golden Number" that all future deals must have to be worth considering. 

Here are five “golden rules” to buying investment properties.Rule #1: Leave Emotions BehindWe all get attached to an idea, a vision, a plan.

One was painting a room and another was fixing a light fixture (replacing a glass globe that goes over the light on a ceiling fan).

I was really looking for someone to tell me I wouldn't be breaking some golden rule IF I did choose to buy an investment property while still renting my own apartment haha.

Del Cerro, El Cerrito, parts of Encanto, parts of Lemon Grove, La Mesa, parts of Golden Hill etc are also possible contenders for upsides in value.  

For one we would never cut out someone who brings us a deal… There was a old fable called the goose that lays the golden eggs.....We want to continue receiving golden eggs :-)Bluck

What you've got is a golden opportunity to take some cash tax free and defer the rest of the gain inside the 1031. 

I assure you willl learn a lot from other people's experience- Ask yourself the golden question "Why do I want to invest in Real Estate"?

Bigger Pockets is your golden ticket to great success.