I'm not 100% committed either way between the income benefits of multifamily vs. the reduced headaches of SFH tenants.

Before you do so, make sure that it will, in fact, reduce your current year's taxes.

Lots of new supply now with reduced demand.

Per the mutual agreement between the Lessor and the Tenant, the Lessor has agreed to reduce the monthly rent from $3,200 to $3,100, allowing the Tenant to repaint portions of the house at their own expense.

These expenses can create a paper loss, which may offset other passive income or carry forward to future years.If you qualify for Real Estate Professional Status (REPS) or actively manage a Short-Term Rental (STR), the losses can be applied against your active W-2 or business income, reducing your overall tax liability.

Personally I’d stick with SFR or at 4 units or less for preferred financing and to reduce risk of the exchange failing.

Using your first property as collateral could help reduce the cash you need upfront, but it’s essential to weigh the risks and it's not really recommended specially if this will be your first.I recommend focusing on building reserves or seeking partnerships to fund flips.

If you use Podio as it's designed to be used, it will streamline every thing you do--from managing leads, managing projects, reducing your internal email count, to making your internal communications more efficient because conversations (which otherwise might happen in email) happen "in context" -- of the client record in your CRM, the project, or whatever it is that you are discussing.  

Because this is the business we've built together, we enjoy working together, we each have roles that reduce the work load on the group and personally I like that the risk is spread out.

This has significantly reduced the cash flow across both portfolios.