I saw this as a golden ticket, so I offered to buy it from her.

If you're able to increase the monthly to cover the cost of the mortgage than you'll be golden.  

And STRs are not the golden child never to be touched by cities.

Cutting off the golden W2 handcuffs can make one nervous, and certainty change is hard.

That means any property manager that would lease the property from the owner triple net , furnish the property and pay the owner a lease rate/ year of 10% net would be golden?

As long as your age limit is in your description you’re golden.

The number is a result of what Einstein referred to as the greatest invention of the 20th century, and the 8th wonder of the world.The impact it has on REI stems from following the  2 Golden Rules of REI (as I see them), the first one being to "Never, ever, spend your seed money. 

If these where golden nuggets for you I will appreciate a vote.

I feel like selling the townhouse here and exchange into out of state properties is like killing the golden goose and just feed off of what its left.To be more specific, we are looking into Oklahoma as some of our friends have bought properties there and have connected us with people who does this specifically.I guess what I want to know is when is it a good idea to do a 1031 exchange?

That's about the difference, as far as I know.I pledge: To strive to be honorable and to abide by the Golden Rule;To strive to serve well my community, and through it, my country;To abide by the REALTORS'® Code of Ethics and to strive to conform my conduct to its aspirational ideals;To act honestly in all real estate dealings;To protect the individual right of real estate ownership and to widen the opportunity to enjoy it;To seek better to represent my clients by building my knowledge and competence.