There is no reason for the PM to keep the deposit in trade for the late fee.

I am engineer by trade, so feel an obligation to understand as much as I can upfront.My short term goals involve my finding deals for experienced real estate investors, hopefully in exchange for your criteria and experience in this market. 

Understand dry wall materials etc have gone up because of the trade war.

It’s all a trade-off.That being said, I don’t think I’ll ever be renting to anyone in the military or a lawyer.

And, in doing this, I traded out a property which was in a 100 year flood zone close to the ocean, for other properties which are in much less risky locations.

Should I hang on to the car and keep making payments or go find something and trade in upside down?

And I don't plan on being stuck there, goal is to keep adding properties and "trade up" to better ones using the ones I decide to sell.

I have publicly traded stock which I'd like to sell without getting hammered on taxes.Is there anything equivalent to a 1031 exchange which would allow me to roll-over capital gains from the stock sale directly into a real estate investment?

Would be happy to trade some work.

Although showing great potential the start up ended up not working and now I want my sole focus to be on putting together as many rental units as possible in the coming years.Bio, I'm from Minneapolis and have been in the trades for 20 years.