., You'll definitely want to 1031 so you don't go backwards on the equity you've gained to date. 

Yes, taxpayers who hold their relinquished property for two years satisfy the requisite intent for a 1031 Exchange (or two tax reporting periods, since in an audit the IRS may look backwards and forwards two tax returns).

And then work backwards from there. 

So we worked backwards.  

What I recommend you start with is brainstorming an afternoon and work through numbers to get there and work backwards.

So start with the end in mind and work backwards from there to find areas to get into, makes sense to meAnything special to look for in Zoning laws when looking for developing short term cabins, that you can think of?

Then take your 1 year goal and work backwards.

It gets outdated quick.Go figure out why you're looking to invest, then kind of work backwards and be conservative. 

Work backwards to determine how much you can offer and what profit is left for an end buyer.

Supposed that firewall is jacked up and done backwards; can you handle tearing everything apart, putting it back and have inspection after inspection for months?