Improvement exchanges are a little more tricky so if you can structure the exchange where all of your equity + debt reinvestment can be dumped in at one time, you'll be able to do a forward exchange instead of an improvement exchange and it will save you on 1031 exchange fees. 

You have to know that this job requires you to do uncomfortable things and take charge of situations like this. 

Mainly my realtor as my boots on the ground checking the job done by the contractor, and my contractor who was doing the work.

I live near my properties and still would employ the same systems as I have a day job and can't be there much anymore.

Thanks for the reply, job and employment data is should help me determine upcoming demand.

Investing in land is an old method and it does a good job at holding value.

This is a big job and even if the tenant is trustworthy, the electrician may not be.

While I was able to leave my job after 30, it hasn't been comfortable.

So they quit their job and moved from Florida to DC. 

In these conditions, investors typically focus on faster, lower-cost flips that add clear, high-value improvements without overextending time or budget.