The higher credit, higher income, gainfully employed S8 tenants are choosy about where they live and do not want to live in a bad, high crime area.By buying in an area that appeals to high quality S8 tenants, the arbitrage that you might see between S8 being higher than market might disappear.So that being said, it’s more important to lead by location than strategy.Happy to talk further if you like.  

You say multifamily isn’t common around you - have you actually looked it talked to a realtor?

@Marie CopulHunker down and pare down your lifestyle expenses as much as possible so you can replace what you need as quickly as possible.I did have a client take down a 57 unit mixed use apartment deal that added $1.1M to his net worth and $180k a year in cash flow in 12 months but those types of results are not typical.However, some type of commercial real estate would be my suggestion and one where you are driving the ship so you keep most if not all the equity.I have some ideas for you and would be happy to talk you through them.

End of rant - continue!

and as they sell you continue to 1031 them back into new DSTs or back into bricks and mortar if you're tired of retirement. 

The main reason for this is to continue to do medical missions around the world  even when I'm dead.

Before moving to the house, we talked to the listing agent and found out that the house was a short term rental property.

So again, brokers will talk up about how you can get more rent, but in reality you can't, even with updates, because more tenants are want the cheapest rent for decent place.  

He had a tech job and we talked the business and he was legit and when meeting the family, they were very respectful. 

This allows the owner to “write off” the value of disposed assets immediately, rather than continuing to depreciate them.