If house hacking isn't the best option for me, how would you recommend starting out to build up some investments.

Little did I know it would take decades to ripen :)3. bought a foreclosure sale .. traded the house for the 3 acres the person who owned the house. 

I'm house hacking rn.

@Connor ChatlosDenver and Chicago's high property values make multifamily properties ideal for house hacking.

Quote from @Michael Overall: Good day, If an investor has 10 rentals and wanted to over time sell them and put the money tax free from a 1031 toward a large purchase is there a process to do that? 

They will likely want you to do all the traditional lead gen steps: cold call, open houses, door knock, etc.

Omni Key sells mainly single family with some duplexes, and advertises off market deals on new construction and in fill properties.

As already mentioned, you could sell via seller financing to lower AGI, as all you would have to claim is the payment income - until balloon payment received.Did know an investor that had 14 properties paid off and he moved into one every two years to then sell with the $250k single exemption.

Housing costs continue to be a major contributor to inflation, with shelter prices rising 0.6% in January, keeping pressure on affordability.Despite these inflationary trends, the Federal Reserve is not raising rates and is keeping its benchmark interest rate steady at 4.25% to 4.50%.

The thing to remember also is that I buy super duper priced houses.