I come from a background of buying dental offices, and if you don't have 3 years income to compare you cant' really tell how things are going for that particular office.

You should have criteria for income, background, credit etc. 2.

Plus I use Hemlane for applications, background checks, and payments.

Likewise, a low value post, that doesn't technically break any of these ever changing rules, is still a low value post with out without whatever crosses the most recent line of self promotion.The incentive to provide value will take care of itself.

I’m sort of new myself, I’m working on transitioning from being in the background-ish, as well as working a different area.

Background: I offered on a condo (still a newbie to investing myself, although this would make my third STR and second in one market), and the same day a second offer came in, higher.

Or am I going to be paying taxes on the money I’m using as the down payment, since it’s not technically going through a 1031x? 

A link to FilePlace is at the bottom of every page, so it is easy to find.If you have technical issues, send an email to [email protected] and someone will help you.

Background and Current SituationI currently own a home in Clovis, CA with $472k owed on a $487k mortgage.

If you don't have a unit open to cycle each tenant through while you renovate them, you don't have an option because things will keep breaking when occupied and you will be getting less and less rent and no profit for years.You are right Jonathan, we just started out and like you said technically it should probably not be called a "deal" to the standard of a wholesale investor.We are just putting our first step forward.