I am a volunteer firefighter as well as i work at one of the largest hospitals in the area as an EEG tech (brain waves). 

From an ROI point of view, there is not too many better options and Austin is also one of the safest places to invest having its largest drop in price in the last 40 years being 2.9%. 

So essentially each identification line item is really a transaction and not a property, none of the documentation I have read out there about 1031s make this distinction clear.

I think the largest investment would be to cap the current sprinkler system or convert to drip and install artificial grass.

Buy as many assets as you can, the transfer of wealth going on now is the largest in history. 

However, for the majority of DST deals, from the largest sponsors, there are solid returns and cashflow historically. 

Best of luck,JonWhen I owned my own brokerage I did not run a team concept per se.. but I was the largest foreclosure buyer in the PDX area at the time so I bought and sold about 100 homes a year for own account.. and what I did for my starter agents is I made a deal with them..

Add in the fact the US is in many ways the largest most stable capitalistic democracy in the world and it makes sense to invest here.

Also, instead of being eligible for only 10 mortgages, since there are now two distinct entities, you become eligible for 20 mortgages.

@Roy Puli - Definitely house hack first and eliminate your largest expense, housing.