In a 1031 exchange, you need to use your funds to acquire/improve property that you do not already own.   

So I would like to hear your POV and different strategies on acquiring more deals.

I just bought my first investment property (duplex - one rented, one free) and had a few questions. Please keep in mind that I plan to rent to college students and the free unit is about 2,000 sqft:- I went to transfe...

In time I will do a refinance of this property in the future and just continually acquiring more properties from there.

If I were able to acquire my next investment through cash and/or bridge loan, install my section 8 tenant and show a couple of months of rental payments, is there a lender out there that would use that lease and its accompanying Housing Assistance Payment contract I would have with the local housing authority? 

ThanksRichard I'd transition to development and use your portfolio as leverage to acquire and entitle land.

If you're willing to bend your timeline a little to give yourself the best shot at qualifying for 1031 exchanges and being super tax efficient with your properties, you could try doing the following: - Hold each successive property for at least 12 months before selling - make sure that you acquire property in one tax year and then don't sell that same property until the following tax yearI want to stress that you do not automatically lose out on 1031 treatment by not taking these steps, and similarly you don't automatically qualify for 1031 treatment by simply taking these steps. 

This will allow you to acquire more rental units and also being able to use the vacated unit rents at 75% to help your debt to income ratio DTI.There is a FHA 100 mile rule if you do plan on using FHA on your 2nd house hack.

They are short term loans that are meant to aid the investor in acquiring the asset and then fix it up to the point that it can compete with the comps in its area. 

BackgroundI own and self manage six multifamily properties in Providence, RI, acquired between 2008-2013 at great prices, with less than $50K in total debt remaining.