@Nate Bulkowski - If you go the route of 1031 and have have difficulties completing the 1031 exchange on the capital gain portion, consider opportunity zone investments.

HI  Bigger Pockets,I'm eyeballing a property for my to househack in Journal Square NJ.I noticed there is a indent in the front of the house where 1 Compact SUV size car would be able to sit without blocking the sidwalk. 

A family member is also a real estate agent and would provide me with the 3% commission on the purchase of the new properties, minimizing cash outflow on the new properties.So my high-level thoughts are, I could downsize and buy two properties, which would reduce my monthly living expense by 1) a smaller primary note and 2) income from the MF offsetting a portion of the primary note, and at the same time I would be able to pull the equity I have built up in my current home, plus my current cash on hand, to further invest after the dust settles.

., where property types aren't always run of the mill and the way of business is a little quirkier compared to mid-sized and smaller cities, then I'd recommend going local. 

It is a great option for an investor that is looking to diversify a portion of their overall portfolio out of stock market investments.

We brough the size of the property from 2000 to 2735 sqf.

Of course, I will get a smaller portion of the rent while my partner will get bigger portion. 

If you want decent sized city, not such a small burb, that isn't south of Seattle, I think Everett has some long term potential too!

There’s no one size fits all of course but I’m looking for something basic to tweak and build off of.

for pictures click image below from below where you are writing and drop a file in but there are limitations on size and type, I am not sure how you find those.