REIHub is purely accounting.

After graduation, move for your job and house hack again while keeping the first one as a pure rental.1.

@Dave Poeppelmeier I own student rentals and your advice is pure gold.

Forcing appreciation (buying the worst house on a good block and improving it to the condition of the other properties, then raising rents according to the improved condition) is a much faster way to build wealth than buying purely for nominal cashflow like $200/month and waiting. 

However as a pure investment, you aren't going to get a ROI that you can in other investing opportunities.

Are you trying to buy a purely investment property?

But yes, a tax deed auction is scheduled purely to pay off the Certificate holders.

Do I need to move out for a year, and use it as pure investment property then sell it after a year, to claim 1031?

When you’re older and ready to “retire”, maybe then it makes more sense to cash in on all that equity and buy purely for cash flow.

My understanding is that condos do not appreciate like SFHs would, so would that investment be purely for cash flow, and pulling equity out down the line, or should I wait until I have enough cash to invest 15-20% in a SFH?