PLEASE, do yourself a favour and live in reality - not in some "homes and gardens" dream world - or you're headed for a complete disaster, in my opinion.

I had a good business example, but not in real estate... maybe why I reached for it as an adult as farming in this area is mostly done by the bigger companies now and wasn't in my vision as a life long job (aside from a small garden).

Overgrown garden, broken down cars in the driveway, garbage bags being used as window-blinds.  

Her house looks like something out of Better Homes and Gardens.

If they are for real, a response will come back referencing the area or your property...like "bayshore gardens house" or north atlanta.  

Most are 3/2 garden homes.

So talking to numerous commercial realtors can many times shake the trees.As far as the 1031 goes what you're proposing is really just a garden variety diversification and shouldn't cause any issues. 

I have a 3/2 duplex with a garden a few blocks always that had a comparable Reno and I'm getting 5500. 2900 will get you a 2/1 in that area.

While you will benefit from economies of scale for bigger items like a roof, you don't gain in the individual units.For instance, a 10 unit mf building, garden style, will have roughly the same size roof as a two story 20 unit property with the same footprint.

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