As to Grant Cardone, you have to have capital to do a bigger deals... and syndications is one way you can do that (which as I understand it is the deal that Grant pitches)... combine  your money with others to do the big deal... but at the end of the day, you own $20,000 worth of a $10 million deal if you put in $20,000.  

Their customer support is terrible and some of their software, but they have about 8x the site traffic in general than Airbnb and VRBO combined, surprisingly.  

The combination of high costs and the after-repair value (ARV) frequently leads me to conclude that buying a new rental property is a better use of capital.

The easiest solution to combine your two Stessa accounts would be for you to add the email address you have associated with BiggerPockets as a collaborator to your already active Stessa account.Then log in with your BiggerPockets credentials (as that collaborator) and it should upgrade your Stessa account.Here are some easy steps to follow: https://support.stessa.com/en/articles/2105533-the-power-of-portfolio-collaboratorsIf this does not work, please message [email protected] and we can work with Stessa directly to get you set up.

So call it $12k/mo combined was our best year ever.

As you mentioned, it might be difficult timing the sales of each of properties where you can achieve a combined exchange (multiple properties into 1 property / or a few properties).Just a quick note that may be helpful - I work with a group of investors that can help with a combined exchange into a single property and will buy it back once you've found a replacement propertie(s) as the final destination for your capital.

Then you can combine or exchange for a better or more consolidated/ better proforming area.  

The other reason tax bills get stalled in Congress is that most bills combine multiple unrelated measures, usually serving various special interests.

Don't forget to account for the cost of the appraisal or any other vendors...an appraisal and survey will over $1000 combined, for example. 

With the current interest rates vs the extremely low rates we had for the last decade, combined with higher house prices, cash flow is going to be less than it was 5 years ago.