Melissa Nash and Norada are great and my experience with Tam Hofhines and Cash Flow Props in Kansas City has been excellent as well.

I work with investors completing 1031s into passive real estate, my go to QI is Weiming Peng with Excel 1031.

Thank you both for the excellent advice!

Its the smart route and an excellent way to get started. 

I already own a house in north jersey not far from Morristown, thinking about buying my first multi family long term rental locally or somewhere like Buffalo or Cincinnati… I have a few questions and would love insight on any or all.

Both meet the income requirement of 3x rent on their own and have excellent credit repayment histories.

@Ryan Arth That's an excellent point.

So while you may not see a gain in value over the next two years, over a 10-20 year span you would typically see excellent growth.Also unlike the last five years where operationally the operator could be awful but saved by appreciation, today it is all about the asset management.How can you reduce costs, are there ways to add amenities to increase rents.

I put it in Excel a few months back.

This forum features 20+ of us.Consolation: an excellent point made by @Matt Devincenzo that you DID benefit greatly from being able to refi (and twice!)