So that was my ah ha moment.

Let's face it, his business is incredibly Guru-ish.

There are ways to deal with these situations, and it depends on the property and the lien holder, but it's possible to do some pretty incredible things if you are willing to invest a little more in legal costs to close the gap on your losses.  

Gox moment.

I'm sorry to hear about the water damage situation at your duplex; that must be incredibly stressful, especially as a rental property investor.

My name is Nita I reside in Oklahoma at the moment but looking for deals in various locations.  

Hi Noah, congratulations on having an incredible vision at a young age.

You buy a package of 160 "credits" (I think there is also a version where you can get 320 credits but I didn't do this at first and I am unsure of the cost at the moment) which you can use whenever you want for however you want.

My husband is incredibly handy and loves reno’s (he will lose sleep from the excitement of finishing a project).

The IRS still doesn't like "short term" 1031s, with good reason - you need to ensure that you can 100% support that it was not a flip.This was not uncommon during 2020-2022 when prices were increasing at an incredible rate, I did have a few clients where they acquired a property that was truly intended to be a rental property, had a long history of buy / renovate / hold rentals, and then the market just blew up so fast that it changed the investment analysis for that property, or in several cases they actually just received unsolicited offers that they couldn't refuse.