For context, 4 adults and all our tech living here, we were running about $250/mo on average per month for electricity anyway... outside of summer a/c useage. so all in all, its saved me about $2k a year if i had to guesstimate for you (it stays hot here through October usually).i still owe about $23k on mine, have no intentions of selling the house. but if i decide to move out and rent the whole house out, our market would support higher rent in exchange for no electricity bill. i think you just need to decide what YOUR main benefit of having the panels are. for me it was for the house-hack, and consistent billing, despite the usage. if its strictly for property value increase, i'm not sure it would be worth it, pending your specific market. 

You might explore partnerships where you fund all-cash deals in exchange for a portion of the profit.

The most benefit for Real Estate in the US now would be smart contracts to exchange Title,Notes, Funds (stable coins) since the transaction time is super fast compare to our bank system today.

The passive losses will be valuable when you sell a property assuming it’s sold at a gain and you don’t want to do a 1031. 

Am I able to 1031 exchange any of the money (the 20% down payment?)  

AND THEY CAN SCREAM EASY AT THE TOP OF THEIR LUNGS IF THEY WANT.BUT GO AND CONVINCE YOUR NEAREST RELATIVE TO SELL THEIR LARGEST ASSET WITH YOU AT ONLY A 5% MARK UP AND YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW REAL ESTATE EXCHANGES WORK. 

Purchase preforming notes capped at half your total deployable capital (150K)Then sale the future revenue of those notes through note exchanges, doing this will allow you to hedge the US real estate volatility while turning a profit from the market  

Would love to meet and exchange ideas, especially since I'll be leaving the state in about a year.

I’m doing my first 1031 exchange and will be netting about $200k.  

@Judy Jacobs, consider fees and exchange rates to maximize the amount received.