Also interested to know who has had positive experiences in the area.

Hey Jacob,Congrats on building equity in both properties—it sounds like you're in a great position to leverage your assets for future investments!

The best way to position yourself for a successful 1031 exchange is to be as proactive as you can when finding your replacement property.

Thank you so much for the feedback & insights on furnishing.  

It's important to make sure you work with a reputable one that multiple people have had positive experiences with.

When you look at job growth and population growth, it looks positive to me.

It also depends on the situation sometimes a HELOC is warranted for short term financial needs so long as you have a plan to get back in the same or better financial position afterwards and the "means," and "will," to carry out this financial or mortgage plan- HELOC's are typically full documentation qualifying loans so you'll need actual income to qualify whether it be from pension, insurance, rental's, etc that are all fully documented on taxes, W2's, 1099 forms, etc.

thank you all for the positive welcoming!

They get multiple quotes for work, provide honest feedback, and pricing is within line.

Would love to hear some feedback from BP community managing medium term rentals and or get pointed to some medium term strategy resources.