I'm looking around Cleveland, and the taxes are ruining the returns. 

I do not want to ruin my personal credit applying for refinance loans with my own credit. 

I 1000% know that no matter how much information I have learned, what I still do not know could possibly ruin me.

Accepting animals is a big risk you might end up having to care for them … just saying… if they ruin room walls and doors

Last thing you need is to fall flat on your face and ruin your reputation as a wholesaler before you even get started.

A small area of mold won't necessarily ruin a deal.

I am not scared of big dogs if your insurance will cover a German Shepard, but they will ruin the carpet and wood floors every time.  

With the FHA having high Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI) which could possibly ruin cashflow, I saw a forum that recommended using the Fannie Mae Home Ready loan instead.

But people like you are trying to ruin it for the rest of us.

A few years ago, a small Escrow Company here in Orange County that also did 1031 exchanges, was owned by a person who found out they were dying of cancer, so one day, ALL the money in the escrow exchange account disappeared, along with the owner.So my advice is to do the 1031, the government did NOT take any risk and does not deserve that large of a chunk of your profit.