I don’t need the “media” to help me with simple math.As for the clout of Pace Morby…I couldn’t care less…as I’ve illustrated a SIMPLE story with some political spin can HAMMER a publically traded company.

Using a GC you will have less headaches as you'll have one point of contact and they will coordinate schedules between the various trades. 

The 1031 exchange is designed to give you a loophole: You are not considered to be selling and buying, you are simply trading your property for a different one or ones.

At $377K/door, this building's costs will be nearly 2X what a similar building would trade for in this location.  

My thought is is use the Rent Ready feature of reporting his payment history to the credit bureau so it can work in his favor as a trade line, but I'm wondering if this is an unnecessary added step since he can already pull transactions on his bank side. 

But that's me.To answer your question, I'm not in the business of recycling dirty money but I think it's pretty well known and established the the proceeds for criminality and the drug trade is invested in all sort of business, especially real estate.

You mentioned a career change, I think going into the trades like plumbing and electrical are great and you can make good money doing those, but I think you may be taking on too much by trying to do that right now.

What do you use for skip trading and how accurate is it?

The trade-offs are real, but for consistent cash flow and the right landlord, it can be an excellent strategy.What’s the best way to start?

Those duplex's my clients bought are now trading high 400s low 5s .On the flip side my current project in Canby Oregon I am alble to negotiate 1 to 1.2% for the buyers Brokers these are 700 to 1 mil each..