Quote from @Patience Echem: When I hear cash is king, I have understood it to be a negotiation tactic where you offer all cash to quickly gain the deal.

A good property manager can handle tenant issues and reduce your hands-on involvement.Building a Network: While you don’t currently have local connections, networking with other investors, attending real estate meetups, or joining online communities can provide valuable insights and opportunities.The next steps depend on your financing options, preferred markets, and whether you’re willing to manage tenants directly or prefer to stay hands-off.

I can only assume that our insurance company would not want to cover damages and such should something happen a house with tenants and a primary residence policy in place. but I haven't really gotten far into the weeds on the particulars of that. if you have gained any insight to that I would greatly appreciate the knowledge.

Gains me more equity and my end loan is less which gives me more cash flow. 

Is this possible to delay or nix capital gains? 

They are 1 of my valuable business partners

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And there're other potential capital gain tax deferral strategies to ask your accountant about.Myth 9: this post will never endFine, I'll stop.But here is the closing thought.

low cashflow high appreciationNotes purchased in the secondary market at discount to remaining principal balance have the built in capital gain profit with potential for greater ROI thru early payoff or early PARTIAL paydown.  

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