Have you looked at refinancing your current rentals to purchase more properties? 

Will the silent investor also be attached to the purchase of property #2?

If you'd like I can put you in touch with a couple of my clients that have purchased brownstones with me and can provide their insights on this situation. 

Purchase price: $550,000 Cash invested: $200,000This is my luxury glamping site near Houston, Texas called Cameron Ranch Glamping.

After a year, you can move out, convert it to a rental property, and then use a conventional loan with a low down payment to purchase another multi-unit property as your new primary residence.

You are losing up to 3% on each investment property purchase, also, you get a lot of great tools for evaluating properties, market research, etc.

With mortgage rates being so high, we'd like to do an all-cash purchase in a house with a good balance between cash flow and appreciation.

Can it still qualify for 1031 because the rule is u have to live in it or rent it for 2 out of 5yrsSecond, if I buy a property, renovate it and sell within 3/4 months, can it qualify for 1031 because I heard u have to hold it for 1 yr.Is coop sale and exchange with purchase of single family home "like kind" of exchange?

Never have I felt unsafe.The city allocated millions a few years ago to purchase and tear down a dozen or so older motor inns on ocean blvd that had been left to squander and had become havens for the less than desireable.  

In the next year, I'd like to purchase my first small multi-family property in the Grand Rapids area that I can house hack.