@Luis Herna I've seen you on the forums asking all sorts of questions around creative strategies.

If he doesn't handle this sort of thing he should be able to recommend someone.

We manage property all over the Indianapolis area so we see all sorts of properties in good areas and not so good areas. 

Yes, he can purchase multiple properties of different sorts (single family home, commercial building, DST, Mineral Rights, etc.)One important thing to keep in mind: in order to defer 100% of the capital gains taxes, one would have to spend ALL the cash proceeds from the sale of the property and purchase equal to or greater than the net sales price.

Well, I called all sorts of people and really couldn't get a solid answer from any of them (septic guys, city guys, county guys, rental guys).

You have to sort through the phone numbers, but I get liens, mortgages, etc.

I've worked with all sorts of "gurus" in the STR, Creative Financing space, MFR.

I sorted it out and I filed for an eviction, and she jumped ship a few weeks later.

i think throwing in some sort of an IQ test along with the application should be mandatory. 

Bottom line....nothing is "grandfathered in" usually, inspectors don't care about holding costs and there are very few cosmetic only rehabs that don't require some sort of inspection.