@Fareen E.Great question, and it’s excellent that you’re thinking ahead about this scenario.

Excellent...but you have to know where to invest.

The resources and books you mentioned, like the BiggerPockets Ultimate Beginners Guide and The Book On Rental Property Investing, sound like excellent starting points.Prioritizing financial stability and eliminating debt is crucial, and I agree that a solid financial foundation is key to successful investing.

Yardi is an excellent for both residental and commercial however it is expensive and has a steep learning curve.

New occupants will be coming soon, but in a 3 family, i have set of excellent student tenants that renewed.That said, many landlord insurance policies have exclusions for students, so I am trying to gather info on updating a policy to consider the fact that the building is only going to be 33% student occupied.  

That’s the whole point and you seem to be an excellent candidate for this system.

Since seller-paid fees usually cover their services, you get local expertise without additional expenses.Final ThoughtsLive where you like, but invest where you can achieve financial freedom.Out-of-state investing has proved to present excellent opportunities.

This has also allowed us to provide some excellent incentives for our investors, locking in long term debt currently at 3.75%  through our in house financing program.

You clearly found an excellent niche for yourself, hoping to do something similar myself.  

I have a calculator (semi-ugly but effective excel sheet) I use to look at the numbers on all 1031 exchanges I’m considering.Let me know if you want help with the calculations