For example, I mention that every adult must pay a $30 application fee, pass my credit/criminal background, make a combined income of 3x the rent, and whether or not the property accepts pets.

Whichever are combined into a single device.

You may be able to Group like kind properties in some cases (combining hours)

I'm thinking of downsizing it and combining two of the units to where it might at least a 2/2 but maybe a 3/2.

Too many people trying to get by on some combination of fake jobs, government subsidies and charity. 99% of all the problems these people face, including the homeless, would go away if they got off their duff and started working a real job.

*Tenant occupied properties that need a lot of work - especially when combined with my point above.

combining multiple sales and 1031s and buying one larger asset. 

The reality is messy and it's a muddled combination of all three.I had the huge benefit to start in 2008, not sure if I could pull it off again in today's market.

We sit at the base of the busiest National Park in the County (busier than Grand Canyon, Yosemite, and Yellowstone all 3 combined).

Its nothing new or exciting, but its a slightly different way of my brain and mind taking it in and it seems to be the combination I needed.