You don't need to know everything to get started; you just need a foundation to build on and the rest will come through experience and then refining your education.You can build a basic understanding of investing in 3-6 months.

Ask them what they want to do with the rest of their stuff, in the meantime leave it in a storage until you know they are not going to pick up 

And defer the rest in your 1031.

You don't need to know everything to get started; you just need a foundation to build on and the rest will come through experience and then refining your education.You can build a basic understanding of investing in 3-6 months.

I was under the assumption that the housing authority pays the voucher amount and the tenant covers the rest to meet the $1,500 rent price.

Great little house.I can see why it's rented so much--it's very nice.From the picks, the "Outdoor Grotto" with the sunbrella table looks more Ghetto than Grotto and does not keep with niceness of the rest of the house or the rest of the pics.The table looks like trail dust has been on it forever, ditto the chairs, and the leaves look messy compared to the rest of the excellent house.Maybe clean it up and get a blue new looking sunbrella (???)

Then that would free up the rest of my W2 income to put into the next property. 

The rest would be gravy, and I don't believe he needs a big payment to cover retirement living expenses.How do I approach the negotiation? 

You don't need to know everything to get started; you just need a foundation to build on and the rest will come through experience and then refining your education.You can build a basic understanding of investing in 3-6 months.

I find I run about 50% occupancy in low season (April, May, October, November) And we run about 90% the rest of the year.