The HOA is $350 and will eat into any profit margin I was hoping to have.

It's seems like a catch-22 / chicken-or-egg-first kinda conundrum. 

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I think this is an instance where you truly can have your cake and eat it too. 

As you mentioned you don’t have alotof capital, I’d recommend you both first get a firm hold on your finances and start building that nest egg.

If and when congress starts to cut back on spending, then I believe we will really see the true impacts of this whole situation we are currently in.For now I will eat the taxes on my 1031 (identification ends in about 3 hours), wait on the elections / see what the political agenda has in store for us, and then consider investment strategies.Here is another question, where would you seek to learn about other types of investments outside of your comfort zone?

Several issues come to mind:  student loans are very easy to get; bank mortgages without income are impossible.I'd keep your nest egg intact, and shift thinking from buying a house to controlling a house. 

This is my real estate investing nest egg and represents about a year's worth of savings.

Is it because capital is held up longer than usual and eats up margins the longer it sits in a deal?

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