How do I go about finding those who'd rather just collect the insurance money then sell it off at a discount?  

My understanding is that you can sell assets and defer capital gaines taxes in an opportunity zone until the property is sold.

That’s great advice Taz, I’m currently working on saving enough money to get started, house hacking is hard for me at the moment because I just bought a house 2 years ago, I would have to sell my house(which is in a great neighborhood great location) and use that money to fund the duplex which isn’t totally out of the question, I would like to keep the house if possible but also would like to get real estate investing more.

When you sell the property, and access the equity in the form of liquid cash, you make your profit. 

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Fast forward 2 years his landlord mentioned in passing he might sell the property; I was the first person on his mind.

We were lined up to have this project complete by August which would still be in the prime time frame for selling this house.TLDR of my previous post - I ran into troubles with my first flip which was going on at the same time as this project.I had to pull my contractor from this house to save the day on my first flip.

I feel a loss of direction and that makes it really hard for me to focus and build.Do we keep at building a portfolio of small multi family (very abundant in my market, very rare to find anything above a triplex for sale), with plans of selling the portfolio and 1031'ing into larger properties? 

Investors Receive "Restricted Securities"Syndication investors receive restricted securities, meaning:They can’t freely sell their shares like a stock.They must hold the investment for a certain period.Additionally, you must file a Form D with the SEC within 15 days of the first sale of securities.

When you say you want to prioritize cash flow over equity, you want to watch out for people honing in on that and selling you "good cash flow" deals which will be in D neighborhoods and will come with high capital expenditures and harder tenancies.