This is participation trophy culture and reverse trolling at its finest.I guess from now on, you can only give back pats, hold people's hands on their journey, and encourage them, and not tell them the truth about their questions, investment ideas, or future plans.

My only thing is I’m looking to position myself in a way that encourages them to engage my ad to begin with.

While I'm not a lawyer and I would always encourage you to speak to one I believe you can 1031 homes but I would say it's much more powerful as you scale with commercial.

As a BTR guy myself, I always encourage people to look at their exit strategy.If you're buying into an all "investor owned" development you will need to sell to an investor down the road. 

Your living expenses get rolled into the investment, which can offset the expense (you're paying $1300 in rent each month--including that in your calculations for either a duplex or a home with an adu may make the investment numbers work better)I would strongly encourage you to spend a lot of time figuring out how to make a house hack work for you guys.

I'd encourage you to also set up some keyword alerts for "Hartford" and related terms like house-hacking, duplexes, etc.

Look for the Certified Cost Segregation Professional (CCSP) designation, which means they’re certified by the American Society of Cost Segregation Professionals.

@Peter FaulknerRecommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

Thanks again for the encouragement and tips!

You act like you're doing the society good, you're BP's token Karen.