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Have experience in buying (of course), and selling, and 1032 exchange.

Depending on your long term goals I wholesale and use the assignments fees to buy free and clear properties and I use creative marketing to buy and keep in my portfolio. 

I've also seen it where legal counsel has had each of the spouses form their own single member LLC and those LLCs purchase the new property as tenants in common.Food for thought - You'll almost always get a better interest rate and terms buying as yourselves. 

Instead though, I don't want to sell it but use the refinance money to buy more, I've been thinking about buying back taxed houses in the area. 

More doors means less vacancies and it might motivate you to save up and buy a new SFR when you are ready to settle down.

Investment Info:Large multi-family (5+ units) buy & hold investment.

I keep hearing how important it is to buy right and with houses going under contract in a few days,  how do you learn how to quickly estimate costs to determine whether it's a good deal?

Although I have a high income my assets are not immense and the insurance is protection against future earnings/STR  I will probably buy a primary home in next 5 years but happy for now where I am.  

Just because other people might be getting away with it for now doesn't mean they couldn't crack down on you after you buy a property their.