Since the assumable financing and seller carry combined could put a strain on your monthly expenses, it’s important to model different scenarios for vacancy, maintenance, and management costs.

The labor forces used are rarely licensed and insured, are the bottom of the bottom and paired with the cheapest materials... a losing combination. 

The winds were so strong and fire so hot there were cars turned upside down in driveways, and then melted.The bottom line is that 100 mph winds combined with dry grass and just about any ignition source is unstoppable once it gets going. 

The other reason tax bills get stalled in Congress is that most bills combine multiple unrelated measures, usually serving various special interests.

And keep in mind private sellers and wholesalers dont help either when they wont entertain offers below ask either.

As you mentioned, it might be difficult timing the sales of each of properties where you can achieve a combined exchange (multiple properties into 1 property / or a few properties).Just a quick note that may be helpful - I work with a group of investors that can help with a combined exchange into a single property and will buy it back once you've found a replacement propertie(s) as the final destination for your capital.

This is going to be a combination of agents, financers, property managers, ect. who are going to do the day to day tasks of finding and managing the property for you.

Over a 25 year time frame the combination of the location and the house will grow faster than other properties, due to location/location. 

There are buyers that prefer any combination.

This combined with minimum footage for a bedroom means many lofts do not quality in CA as a bedroomDifferent states will have different requirements for what constitutes a bedroom.