Then contact the selling agent and network with them for deals or intros.Check Meetup for real estate events or start your own.Post on your favorite social media channel what you do and who you want to meet - over and over again as it wil take awhile to work!

I am a realtor myself so I can save on fees but my assumption is if I sell I end up somewhere with $200k that I would then need to pay capital gains taxes on. 

With those lower interest rates, you may not want to sell those properties but a 1031 exchange into a larger investment could give you more leverage.

We talked for a while, he liked the fact that I was not salesish and decided to sell the home to us.

I know, I know, first world problems for sure but I loath the thought of the hassle of selling but its time.

ROI do not take into account time value of money (selling the asset at year 8 instead of year 2 at the same price, your ROI is relatively similar, but your IRR is far from being the same).4- LEarn to analyze your portfolio: aggregate altogether all your assets and analyze if there's any project cash flow that would be required (balance of sale, loans, etc).

Now it is a loan so this means you will have to pay it back when the loan is payed off or when you sell the property, but regardless it could my ticket into owning my first rental property.

I'd expect your Cozy account to be closed if that goes through.I went through the something similar with paypal back in the day when I was selling on Ebay.

My most recent experience was selling my condominium, a very wise investment I made 8 years ago, to purchase my home in 2023. 

My question is not related probate or step-up because he has not decided to sell the property.In 2022 my dad held a life estate interest in the property at the same time providing a remaindership to both his sons.In 2024 my brother Travis gave his share back to my dad through a quit claim deed.