You're definitely on the right track with investing your time in real estate and getting active on BP!

Are you wanting to stay an active investor or get into some more passive investments?

How active are you wanting to be in the deal?

Luke - as an active investor and Realtor in mid-sized NC cities, getting 5% with today's home prices and interest rates is impressive in areas that aren't D or even C class assets/areas.

My other project years back was searching for active businesses to buy, at one time laundromats, many located downstairs in mixed use properties. 

Quote from @Robert Quiroz: Hello All,I will have around $1M in capital that I'm looking to generate 8-10% CoC returns for the purpose of replacing active income. 

He brings with him an internationally active legal team, as well as building engineers and facility managers.

You can use the 1031 to sell a larger unit that provides better cash flow while minimizing active management.You can either try to cluster those sales together so they close in a way that lets your replacement property be listed on each 45 day period and you close on it within 180 days of the first sale (the first exchange that will expire).Or you could do something like a reverse exchange where your Qi purchases the new property and holds it for you for up to 180 days while you sell all of your properties. 

I am hesitant because the first property is located where all the Olympics and World Cup activity will be in the coming years and the interest rate is so fantastic.

I’ve heard about home equity loans and HELOCs, but I want to keep my money in the stock market to maintain some diversification.My question is: would it be wise to take out a home equity loan for the full $200k to keep my stock investments active?