There's a common belief that your tax person should also be an investor themselves.

If you have someone in MN you trust to manage the place that is one thing, if you don't it kind of answers the question (not that you couldn't find one).Renting out homes which you are emotional attached to can be quite difficult when tenants trash them (which will eventually happen).Best wishes

Contractors are not able to figure this out, what kind of engineer should I look for?

LOne common strategy is doing a cash-out refinance on one of your rental properties to tap into the equity.

Quote from @Ashish Acharya: @John Gillick To fully defer taxes in your 1031 exchange from the $450K sale of development rights, you must reinvest the entire amount into like-kind property.

It gives you the flexibility kind of like a credit card that allows you to borrow a certain limit and withdraw funds as needed.

That’s kind of what we’re trying to decide. 

I happen to be looking for gap funders myself for a number of my house flip projects in Houston, TX and finding gap funders or any kind of private money involves a lot of networking and putting myself out there to meet potential lenders.

We are the kind of people who do not jump into anything without fully planning it out.

Common fees will include a set-up fee, a leasing fee for each turnover or a lease renewal fee, marking up maintenance, retaining late fees, and more.