But higher tax rate in PG county. 

Despite the equity We also want to take advantage of tax advantages we did stay in the property for 2 years !  

This could give you more insight into their professionalism and reliability.Would you like help with crafting your questions for them or diving deeper into any of these points?

A 1031 exchange would use all of the tax in the purchase of your next property.

I personally think it is best to work with local professionals with a good track record. 

So all of the gain and depreciation recapture are initially still tax deferred.However, like Joe said, the down side is later when sold  you lose the 1031 option. the client will pay tax on all gain and depreciation recaptured from before the 1031 also. 

Focus on absentee owners and start with the ones who live the farthest away and only own one property in the area since they have the least use for the property.You can also drive for dollars, looking for anomalies of disrepair and then look them up in the tax records and use a site like Spokeo to do cheap skip tracing.

It’s definitely smart to evaluate the tax and cost implications of your funding options.

Now I can see some builders having an issue with comps.. but other than that its crazy to take these funds as income and then pay tax and plow it right back in.. 

Currently scheduled to close on my first triplex next month and excited to connect with other RE professionals in the area to help me along.