@Frank Grumeretz thank you for the update and it sucks you had to go through that with them, I guess I dodged a bullet with the way my deal went down, but nonetheless it was frustrating to find out about the change after business hours the day before closing.

In an age where any and all data is $$$, how does your company guarantee that all my work, time and energy driving around and cataloging all these distressed properties, won't be wrapped up and later sold as "Leads" to other investors or companies to sell? 

I guess what I'm getting at is it seems like our options are either bite the bullet in our next primary residence where we are currently located, understanding the future opportunity to rent for cash flow looks pretty bleak, or look in other states where we would have more buying power and try to find a duplex or sfh that will cash flow off the bat. 

I find RE syndications to be a very good blend, between managing RE and passive REITs, they keep me locked up for 10+years minimum, so I don't (as a glorified Chimp with Wi-Fi) trade out of them at the wrong time when market gets scary, but they also generate REIT beating returns and as an LP in 35-36 deals I have no active role, so I can focus energy/time at my job, creating more investment income, and the tax benefits are beyond sexy. 

He only covered high-level bullet points (left out a lot of detail), but is that a normal part of a Solo 401k plan?

They'll put all their energy in the project, and you're buying time.

This was a handshake type deal, and the tenant was paying just a couple thousand dollars a year for 5-6 acres of land where the tens is storing 204 old wind energy blades.

Depending on how big this unit is, I would probably bite the bullet and pay for the relocation, then add a washer/dryer and raise the rent by some amount to cover the cost.

Take your time, spend the money, invest your time and energy into actually coming to the market, sitting down with these brokers, property managers, other investors, go to networking meets, get in the market, get face to face, belly to belly with the brokers. , trust me, if you fly the way all the way from California to Raleigh, North Carolina, , the broker in Raleigh is probably going to consider you a serious buyer since you just spent, you know, a couple thousand bucks and, you know, three, four days to get there.

Based on your time, energy and capital you have to deploy will dictate where and what strategies you can use.