While I'm not a lawyer and I would always encourage you to speak to one I believe you can 1031 homes but I would say it's much more powerful as you scale with commercial.

I'd encourage you to also set up some keyword alerts for "Hartford" and related terms like house-hacking, duplexes, etc.

Are they a capital partner and you don’t have much day to day interaction?

Your living expenses get rolled into the investment, which can offset the expense (you're paying $1300 in rent each month--including that in your calculations for either a duplex or a home with an adu may make the investment numbers work better)I would strongly encourage you to spend a lot of time figuring out how to make a house hack work for you guys.

Again, the BiggerPockets store has some books on this topic, or you can learn about it by watching podcasts, reading blogs, and interacting on the forum.

My only thing is I’m looking to position myself in a way that encourages them to engage my ad to begin with.

@Peter FaulknerRecommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

Again, the BiggerPockets store has some books on this topic, or you can learn about it by watching podcasts, reading blogs, and interacting on the forum.

all my interactions with Scott have been positive (forums and in person).Final item is as is traditional they announced location of next BPCon after final keynote.  

But Norada was pushing their Promissory notes and touting the company as doing very well  in there webcast on 6/11/24 and 6/18/24, actively encouraging viewers to use their  IRA to invest.