All properties were bought rehabbed, rented .... 85% of the portfolio was  acquired during the golden years of '07 to 2016.

I recently acquired my first primary residence and am seeing ways I can best utilize the space for real estate investing.

I’m still focused on wholesaling at the moment, but my goal is to eventually acquire rental properties of my own.

(relinquished property has mortgage of 200k, so need mortgage of 200k+ for acquired property?

Land already acquired and we're breaking ground in the Spring.

I just acquired a duplex, and the tenant has been there 15 years and takes care of the place like it's her own.

Our logical process:1) Use Neighborhood rankings to narrow down area of city you want to invest in2) Focus on getting to know that Neighborhood(s), so you know the good & bad streets, block-by-block.3) Be patient to acquire properties on good streets that meet your buying criteria.Our rankings are done with a "bell curve" approach.

I believe their is a strategy here to acquire, stablize and liquidate along the way to build a self funding cash machine.  

Your team is the most important thing you can acquire first before any investment your purchase. 

Point being that property you acquire 1-2 years ago is likely to be subject to deferred maintenance and capex, so their "long term" performance in rankings 1), 3) might skew poorly in year 1-2 but may pickup  after you've found and fixed all the hidden issues.I know if i did this exercise across my portfolio, the recently acquired ones wouldn't be fairly "stacked" because of all the year 1-2 cost build up from what the seller deferred, but have good chances at being future performers in years 3-5.Maybe that's why you have 2) and 5) but curious your general thoughts here are for evaluating this.