. :)Anyway, I like your strategy of driving and looking for houses in need of repair and sending handwritten letters and contacting rentals for the reasons you gave.

In that case, reaching out to the office of student housing at the college or posting your listing on Facebook pages that are created for student housing searches for that college can be a good marketing strategy.

If you're tax bill is $6-8k (minus the 1031 fees), surely you can make that up by taking multiple swings over a longer period of time.OR pursue some sort of owner occupied strategy with that cash if you can swing a live in flip or house hack.

Is a cash-out refinance a good strategy right now despite the risk of a negative cash flow?

My strategy is long term buy and hold.

With markets adapting to changing economic conditions, now is the time to explore innovative investment strategies.

I've made that mistake in the past and agree that it's not typically a tactful strategy.

I see a disservice being provided in the given example by the real estate agent by not bringing creative strategies on both the sellers and buyers position on this particular deal.

Many different strategies to choose from.What are you doing in Sacramento?

A duplex strategy is a low-risk entry, saving on living expenses.