After a year of saving 50% of my paycheck, I was enthusiastic about starting to invest and grow my money.

Real Estate Agent from BaltimoreI hope it will turn for the better, I own many houses and commercial buildings, in  Baltimore, There is no leadership here, these politicians condone not paying rent, they will not let you legally evict tenants for non-payment or will they let you evict squatters, smoking pot on the streets is OK according to AG, can't open my Nightclub or other walk in businesses.I have always been positive and enthusiastic about this town and investing, but the liberals in charge have beaten me down, never felt so negative!

As a result we might see more demand on in-land properties and therefore driving property value up.Therefore, the goal of this post is to get a pulse on the market or at least that of my fellow real estate enthusiasts on BiggerPockets.com.

She was on board but not "enthusiastic" about the idea.

I dissected my fears and realized that I couldn't trust my knowledge based on literacy only so I searched in hopes to connect with real estate enthusiasts and investors. 

Either man up and realize the place is fine, or market it as a haunted STR for enthusiasts to stay at

Not sure if you answer the question in regard to a primary residence, but I probably would not fool around with a 1031 over $50K for something I held over 12 months (you are at long term capital gains so net net after the intermediary and you not getting rushed into anything, I say you end up better - spoken by another person familiar with CA whereas those in lower price point markets might be much more enthusiastic about the avoidance of taxes on the ~$50K sale - I don't know your tax bracket but is that like ~$10K in taxes possibly???).

I've run it by a few friends as well who were all enthusiastic.

I am also learning about and moving into alternative investments that are supposedly non-correlated with the stock market and real estate market.A year ago I was enthusiastic and told some close friends about the exciting new opportunities of DST-s.

I will give the kid this, at least he is enthusiastic.