However, we use rehab expenses to get free gas from Giant Eagle (haven't paid for gas in, like, 2 years), so I would insist on buying my own materials.

I'll be surprised, frankly, if we do not see a couple of notable vacation rental markets decline precipitously from a pricing standpoint in the next few years. 

Also account for property management in your deal analysis if you're not able to self-manage.  4.

It's like a giant monster that is never satisfied.  

I have read that you are not able to use the 1031 on primary residence so is there anything else I can do.? 

So you’re not able to lock them now, yes?  

Not me.Couple of months ago I was very interested in a commercial building....I suspected it was an old oil field servicer building/warehouse and equipment yard....google street view looks fine, but when I got there tons of abandoned equipment in the yard, a few old giant oil storage tanks, raised diesel tank.   

Between these two giants were hundreds of smaller cities and towns, and millions of acres of farms, orange groves, and undeveloped land.

My property manager is not able to set up automatic payments for the home they are managing for me out of town and has never experienced this with a mortgagor before.

The rotorooter guys said we were responsible for half the bill since it was a shared line even tho we never called them or had a problem and now they caused a giant poo mess in our basement bc tHe poo ball then blocked up at the end of our pipe where it hooks into city sewer and wasn’t connected well.