I had to prove that I'd graduated from college, because I had deferred student loans, and students aren't allowed in their properties.I had to have personal references, too.  

I would recommend you take on all deferred maintenance before placing a tenant.

The appreciation and deferred profit from 1031 exchange or whatever, I consider that future "checking account" money that  I will tithe on when rents or sales will become my daily income. 

Deferring taxes and upgrading your life!

Conduct a comprehensive inspection of the property to identify any significant issues or deferred maintenance.

Depreciation helps reduce the taxable rental profit, potentially bringing it to zero or even creating a loss, which can carry forward to offset future rental income or other capital gains.For high wage earners, other tax strategies could include leveraging cost segregation studies to accelerate depreciation on rental properties through bonus depreciation, taking advantage of tax-deferred exchanges (like a 1031 exchange), or maximizing deductions related to property expenses (mortgage interest, property taxes, insurance, repairs, etc.).

if something is just sitting on the MLS looking too good to be true... then it's too good to be true.these properties are going to have higher costs overall, be in more challenging neighborhoods, have very gnarly deferred maintenance and capex, potentially have liens, be high turnover, and require expert, highly knowledgeable, localized support to be successful. see for example this thread.https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/1137397-balti...and even at those price points, i think cash flow is fairly low to non-existent if rehabbed to a high grade, especially with DSCR debt. 

I'm hoping some 1031 exchange experts might know if it's possible to defer capital gains in this situation: I want to sell several  properties owned by a 3 member (all family) LLC (LLC-A) and sell one property owned by another LLC with different but overlapping membership (LLC-B).Buy a much larger property that would be partially owned by LLC-A and partially owned by LLC-BThe new property is one tax parcel with two addresses.

It would also make 1031 tax deferred exchange a more viable approach and tool you can use.

@Kevin SobiloHonestly not a fan of investing my tax deferred amounts in syndications that have leverage and depreciationRather use my liquid cash for those types of investments to take advantage of the tax code and use my deferred accounts for types of investments that do not have preferential tax treatment (like private lending etc)