I'm based in Memphis and happy to help introduce you to the players in town.

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It may help if we knew what market this is in.General advice is the market is competitive everywhere, so do not skimp out on furniture/upgrades/amenities/photos etc

I hope that helps. 

I would love to help you find a duplex that meets your need to do a house hack!

MY mentee's only text in the beginning and when they get a response, I help them respond to every message.

This will help when coordinating walkthroughs for cash buyers.- You've obtained X contractor estimates averaging at $X.- You've begun creating your own buyer's list to shop the deal around.Most folks will just want to know about the deal for themselves to see if they'd buy it but if you speak with enough people, you may find someone interested in mentoring/partnering.All the best!

If you’re working with a tax professional ask them to do a tax projection for you with one scenario assuming you sell all 5 today and the other assuming you only sold 2 today.With the tax projection you’ll now have a good estimate of what your tax situation will look like and can make decision based on that.Maybe you can consider selling your portfolio and doing an installment sale, this won’t help on the depreciation recapture but it would help spread the gain over multiple years.Each strategy has pros and cons, if you want to rip the bandaid off an be done cold turkey (or warm turkey if you’re into that) there most likely will be a large tax hit but less headache holding them longer.

Please DM me and I will help guide you on what works best.   

This helps avoid 'he said/she said'.