You can list all the reasons why you charge $250 for a one-time shoveling, but nobody will care when there are other vendors doing the exact same job for $100 or less.I'm in a city of 10,000.

I've got one rental property and would like to add to my portfolio.

I even bought 3 properties in one day using the HELOC to fund the down payment on each of those purchases. 

I think one important note that I omitted from my original post was some background info.

Every dollar you lose to overhead is one less dollar for you to live on.Low crime.

He then had a mentor that taught him one-on-one to invest in real estate.

Since you want to aggressively invest in the near future, you will need cash and the 30 year option is the right one for you.

@Michael ElliottSolara is just one of many resort communities that are specifically built for STR.

There are several different kinds of exchanges with different rules and timelines, not just one type.

As already mentioned, you could sell via seller financing to lower AGI, as all you would have to claim is the payment income - until balloon payment received.Did know an investor that had 14 properties paid off and he moved into one every two years to then sell with the $250k single exemption.