If you're willing to bend your timeline a little to give yourself the best shot at qualifying for 1031 exchanges and being super tax efficient with your properties, you could try doing the following: - Hold each successive property for at least 12 months before selling - make sure that you acquire property in one tax year and then don't sell that same property until the following tax yearI want to stress that you do not automatically lose out on 1031 treatment by not taking these steps, and similarly you don't automatically qualify for 1031 treatment by simply taking these steps. 

So, do operate within the BRRRR environment in an efficient way and not under such stress and pressure that means having enough money to front the contractor like 20% of the rehab. 

I want to maximize and grow my portfolio as efficiently as possible. 

Be patient throughout the process, and hopefully, within time you will build an efficient process for your rehabs.I would recommend delaying the purchase of a home for potential employee rental.

Meaning listing a home for sale will require MORE actions, efforts, energy, intelligence.     

Otherwise what you have is a studio apartment, or efficiency.

However, when I design my own house in the future, I plan to accomplish this in addition to other green energy features.

You could easily manage a significant volume through a free Google Voice number and an email address.Considering that most residents lean towards email and text rather than phone calls, you can periodically check those messages or any voicemails left for you.As your business expands, you might want to consider implementing an efficient property management software.

It is a much more affordable market to get into, yet we are seeing great appreciation returns, with a stable job market to include education, solar, energy, manufacturing and military presence requiring housing for all.

It depends on the jurisdiction you are in and how efficient they are.