@Timothy Lin  The idea of the 1031 exchange benefit is to allow investors to use the capital gains tax they would otherwise have to pay when selling their investment property, And keep the profit from the deferred tax in their pocket.You get to indefinitely defer it into any type of real estate that that might meet your needs better. 

Meet with other investors and buyers.

So sorry it took so long dad but I am now officially a real estate investor. 

When I'm working investors the first question I ask is: "What does your money need to do for you, how soon does it need to do it, and how involved do you want to be along the way? 

For reference sake, the approximate value of the existing portfolio is $2B, and the annual net rental payments after expenses returned to investors are approximately $108M in 2024.

I’ve heard many success stories from co-investors who’ve ventured into this market over the past few years.

I think this works in cash deals to investors I would think with those trying to sell with mortgages .. there could be issues in multiple deeds being recorded back to back.. but again I don't know its not my day job...

Your background in wholesaling seems to be a leg up for most 'new' investors. 

I'm a new investor so I haven't dealt with this before, but I'm aware that termites can potentially be really bad.

This is a very useful site to help you grow as a real estate investor.