Retired Air Force looking to expand my retirement portfolio into real estate. 

@Fulati PaerhatiA 1031 exchange is a powerful strategy to defer capital gains taxes and grow your rental portfolio.

I started investing in 2015 and until now acquired 5 doors, 3 of them in 2019, so my perspective is to keep growing portfolio whatever the market is.

I am the VP of OmniKey Realty LLC and we specialize in working with investors to grow their real estate portfolio.

In my case I was lucky that I still kept half of my portfolio, so didn’t get out of the RE game altogether.

Agents who generally take on small portfolios to manage are only doing so because they're not great agents to begin with.First thing first, I would consider either driving by the properties or contacting the tenants and asking them if they know what's going on with the agent.

I have one of my ex-homes in my portfolio.  

Multiple properties listed on the website portfolio appeared to be ones they would possibly not have initiated the LOI/PSA/sale as the properties are known to be bought/run/sold by other entities/syndicators.

Given the cash flow loss on the 7% property, I think I need to remove the emotion and make the right business decision for my portfolio holistically.

Talk to a CPA for advice based on your goals.Reinvestment: Instead of paying off properties quickly, reinvest your cash flow into more properties to grow your portfolio faster.Rent Increase: Look for opportunities to increase rents or add value to your current property to boost cash flow.Consider focusing on multi-family properties for better passive income.