There is no harm in reaching out for a slight difference in budget you can just say that you got there contact on FF and have an available unit slightly above their price range and tell them the price and let them know to get back to you if they are interested.

This was my first property, and while it's been a great learning experience, I made several mistakes along the way—ranging from choosing a realtor who was more focused on closing the deal than finding the right house to having a poor inspection and overlooking issues hidden beneath the surface (literally).

Keep in mind refinancing costs typically range from 2%-5% of the loan amount, so weigh the upfront costs against the long-term savings to see what works best for your goals.Good luck!

Here is the how I would explain it to a kindergartner:The true power of a 1031 exchange is the ability for an investor to meet their investment objectives without losing equity to taxation.With more money they can buy larger, multiple, or more productive properties.What is the alternative?

I'm a property manager that manages along the Front Range from Fort Collins down to Colorado Springs and everywhere in between.

Then his phone rang.

If that area doesn’t align with my objectives, what’s the next town that’s about to “take off?” 

I do have a little objection to your "I used OPM to pay down my mortgage...plain and simple" comment, inasmuch as you still owed those "other people" all the money that they fronted you, until your money paid them off, right?

In fact, he delivered returns “only” in the 11% ROI range.  

I even had one slick guru recently try to sell me on creating my own course if I joined his program for $10,000 and they’d walk me through the steps of creating it and help me market it on doing LTR, and BRRRR and when I objected and said I’ve only currently got 7 buildings now with 25 units and have sold 7 over the course of years I’ve been doing it he said we’d focus on the deals I’ve been doing where I’m getting ARVs of $200,000-400,000 and not my actual numbers of properties owned.