As I drove by the house today I noticed that the concrete steps in front of the house have decayed, and there is no mail box for the property.

To counter-act this deterrent,  I've essentially been padding my vacancy and repair numbers in analysis, expecting to make screening of paramount importance. 

It seems to me that the loss of the depreciation is counter acted by the 20% business income deduction somewhat.Prior to the tax reform, I was thinking it would be best to do a 1031 exchange.

It could be a decaying animal in the vents or a wall.

To counteract some of the interest rate and recession risk, we are making sure our reserves are higher than normal before buying the next property along with focusing on operational improvements before acquiring the next one. 

But as long as the potential new returns you'd get would counteract any increase in payment Its a great idea! 

Are there markets that may "counteract" those issues?

Meanwhile, interest rates will only continue to rise, counteracting any perceived benefit of waiting for prices to fall.

Some lenders are increasing their fees to try and counteract the current interest rate environment and stay more competitive on their rates without substantially affecting their bottom line.

As i rent out the previous property and utilize the previous property for rental income, cash out refi strategies, and heloc strategies, financing strategies  and moving on from there.With all these methods in mind, i understand there are things im missing and there must be a smart strategic way to go about financing in order to stack mutli-units, and having the gi bill bah and a va loan on your side to execute this.I Understand the Gi Bill BAH is not qualifying income. my counteraction to this would be utilizing a co-borrower, to buy with FHA, and use the BAH to pay remainder of the mortgage on the 1st property to begin.