They are blaming everything on COVID but seems that hasn’t affected our dividend payments from our stocks!

One thing I'll add to an off-market deal is you might find a seller willing to do seller financing.You said, "I don't think the time exchanged to manage SFH would be worth my time and the cash flow most likely wouldn't be reasonable enough to hire a property manager.

However, I am seeing more interest in MTR's and have a colleague that does well buying condos and renting out to traveling medical workers and foreign exchange students.  

But one of the biggest things about being a good investor whether real estate or stocks is to let what you want to happen, effect your predictions of what will happen I think a lot of people especially not from the area genuinely are upset about how wealthy the dc area and hope it’s get brought to its knees but that doesn’t necessarily mean it will happen just because people want it to.  

But to answer your question, yes you can use a DSCR loan on a 1031 exchange transaction.

@Seidy Lasker Wash sale rules apply to stock options if they are deemed "substantially identical" to a security sold at a loss within 30 days, such as options with similar expiration dates or strike prices.

Real estate is not the stock market and it's called buy & hold and not buy & sell for a reason.I did sell a few properties about 10 years ago when I learned the hard way that going into cheaper neighborhoods was not the right strategy for me, so that was basically a strategy correction and it was necessary, but also costly both in terms of dollars and time.

Interestingly I saw they’re still in existence with a stock price of $3,105 per share.  

Is he a confidential FBI informant who is allowed to break all the laws with impunity, in exchange for the "service" to feds?

I've looked into roof stock as a possible option but I've heard nothing but negative reviews about them.