He eventually got arrested and his friends came and picked up his stuff. :)) Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

That wouldn't be a problem if we were planning on staying for the next 10 years but eventually, my fiancé and I would like to buy our own private house.One upside is that appreciation is quite strong in the market I'm looking at, however, I don't know if I would want to rely on that.

However, eventually I had issues when the contractor had enemies that broke in and caused significant damage.

Eventually, to scale, you'll want to continue seeking opportunities with more cashflow.Regarding 1031, IRS deems property that is "held for resale" to be ineligible for a 1031 exchange.

I eventually figured out that the calculator is using the Cash flow rates for the UPCOMING year to calculate the Profit if Sold number.

I plan on using a property management company in order to keep the property in order until I move (eventually I want to bring property managers under my own business entity to focus only on my properties). 

He eventually grew to around 50 rentals and was getting burned out.

And on a side note, if you're in an area that is zoned for ADU, your property taxes will eventually reflect that best use value whether you have an ADU or not.

Sure they eventually get evicted, but if they owe 2 months' rent + legal fees + set-out fees + damages, etc. that measly $2K that was collected as a security deposit doesn't cover the total loss.For the same amount of 1X-2X cash deposit, we can get a Rhino policy for 3-4X the coverage.

RDU is a great market for appreciation, my focus is to get close to breakeven, make it sustainable, and ride that wave, eventually cashflow with future refi(s) and or by using value add strategies.