You can allocate those proceeds any way you want - as equal down payments or buy one for cash and others with loans - It doesn't matter a bit as long as you use all of the cash and purchase at least as much as you sell. 

Get a duplex and live in one side.

But there’s plenty of good ones too.

When one machine goes down you start losing money in a small way. 

While buying one that’s up and running might seem a good idea - paying for speed - if you’re not quite ready, sometimes the best deal you make is the one you don’t make at all.

I was one of their early adopters.

.- Working a W2 as a firefighter, posting and consuming content- Leaving my W2 to dive deep into real estate investing and working as an agent... and still watching/posting content all while business was ok - Deleting social media apps (one have one on my phone that I use 10 minutes or less a day), diving deep into building my business and skills which have drastically increased due to pure focus and increasing my business significantly- moral of the story... focus on the things you need to do in business (dollar productive activities) and life experiences while reducing consumption will increase your success  

I tried shopping around but no one would take me since I had a sewer collapse claim last spring.

So, for one time only, I will answer the questions and statements, one by one.1.

One is under contract in which I plan to 1031 into something larger and the other I just plan to keep as the contract expires soon.