@Leon Lee  Normally the reason a seller's agent will ask you to waive the appraisal contingency is that he thinks you overpaid and your sale will fail based on the appraised value coming in less than the sale amount.I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that the other offers were FHA (3.5% down) or VA / USDA ($0 down) and those higher offers will very likely not survive appraisal for that reason.With your 25% down payment the lender shouldn't object, since their exposure will be within their limits.  

For them, it was not intentional.Other people can knowingly purchase negative cash-flowing properties if it gives exposure to rapid price appreciation in a hot area or an area that is on the path of progress.Personally I'd happily buy properties and be negative each month if they are in areas where there are major developments coming up in the near and whose funding have been secured by the promoters.

I have a problem and would love to hear some opinions on this.Here is the scenario: a $1.5M tax exposure (net profits on sale of property) and a lack of desire to pay Uncle S. and CA 50% of that ($750k).So the question is, would you pay the tax and keep gong or would you 1031 exchange this into a buy and hold deal (perhaps commercial deal or 100+ unit apartment building) to avoid the tax?

my advice is to sell the house...whatever you make off that, use to buy a rental or something else with much less risk, mortgage exposure, and will prob throw off better cashflow, plus you will have more equity

I would step in the shoes of the note holder or seller.This is a great way to limit exposure to financial loss and providing an opportunity to acquire properties while receiving a fee or premium for the service.

The application process is supposed to be a barrier to entry— diverting from that process and calling the person “crazy,” then stating you don’t want to rent to them because they are “crazy” is an easy way to maximize your risk exposure. 

This is my understanding of how this all works.When you get an umbrella policy, the pricing is based on your exposure so they will ask you how many cars, boats, rent properties, motor cycles, etc you have. 

I agree with much of what was said in the responses above, I believe leveraging ROTH is a great idea to limit your tax exposure in the future, additionally I have become aware that you can self direct an HSA in the same manner as a Roth, this could be a great way to allow you the benefits of the Roth but allow you to pull out before retirement age due to health issues if needed with no penalties. 

Hospitality and retail are likely to see significant opportunity across the country for investors that are experienced and well-positioned financially, and Nashville in particular has a lot of exposure to that industry.

You can have 100 properties in one LLC, it is not the number of properties that should be the determining factor but the amount of equity exposure you are willing to "risk".when I talk to real investors, they suggest determining a set number of properties or property worth and then once that LLC is full, open another one.Again, the set number of properties is incorrect, as is a set amount of worth.