I'm burned out and would LIKE to retire next year at 40 years old, but I'm faced with a choice: sell and 1031 exchange the rentals to TN rentals which would require me to keep working for a while longer, maybe 2 to 3 years (they are mortgaged, some are recent purchases, others I refinanced recently so I need to let them fatten up before selling due to transaction costs, plus I expect to try TN for a year first to make sure I like it before selling my rentals in WA and moving them to TN.

I'm burned out and would LIKE to retire next year at 40 years old, but I'm faced with a choice: sell and 1031 exchange the rentals to TN rentals which would require me to keep working for a while longer, maybe 2 to 3 years (they are mortgaged, some are recent purchases, others I refinanced recently so I need to let them fatten up before selling due to transaction costs, plus I expect to try TN for a year first to make sure I like it before selling my rentals in WA and moving them to TN.

This property was vacant for approx 6 years and the next door neighbor parked there and one day I caught him burning cut grass in a barrel right under the eave and almost caught the house on fire.

And because i did those grand memories will always burn bright in my mind untarnished.But enough on the soft side. 

Consider this: last year’s West Coast fire season was the worst on record, and yet California has already seen twice the acreage burned this year than during the same period in 2020.

Even if only 20% of sellers are knowingly dishonest that gives you a 1 in 5 chance of getting burned if you don't verify their numbers.The good thing about commercial properties is the lender is going to have certain minimum numbers they plug in for different financials regardless of what numbers the seller says. 

@David Banker I’d owned 3 investment properties 15 years ago 2 multis and a SFH and gotten burned on all 3.

Stay away from every online auction because you can get burned seriously.

Congrats @Cassidy Burns!

I see you have read a few of the staples books, but over time you will get board and even burned out.