2) You have one rental now, what's your goal of buying more?

At least ones that will walk the property with you and give you an fair estimate. 

I had a similar idea (having one of the mortgage brokers I know underwrite any prospective buyers.

All situations are specific to individuals.Our best wishes and empathy go out to those LA individuals and communities.It’s been about 6 years since one of our storage locations was flooded for about 4 months.  2 feet over the roof.  

One day, one week one month? 

I can't give a tutorial re how to originate a note today, selling a house with financing in just one post. 

So, Anca, your parents can 1031 from one property into more than one. 

One unit is vacant and one tenant is not paying rent and needs to be evicted.

I think it is fair to say that there is somewhat of a tradeoff between markets that provide positive cash flow on day one and relatively high appreciation-based markets.

One of the things I learned early is that the margins on a deal need to be substantial.