(Making judgements based on family status, number of kids, medical animals, etc etc..)4) When you get that first repair call 10pm Saturday night for a leaking roof or water heater do you have a trusted/dependable guy to call and get it fixed that night?

Also, in a 1031 the seller cannot take possession of the funds so you giving him the downpayment to do repairs would be challenging.

Underestimating repair costs and overestimating ARV (this is really just what most people call wholesaling). 

Leaving you to move and store their items if required by law, clean and repair, etc etc.

Do you have people ready to repair and clean the place lined up as soon as the last tenant leaves?

Try to at least leverage for a 2-year lease.Just be sure your lease states the appliances are "as-is, where-is", so:1) You are NOT required to repair them- Many tenants abuse them, so you don't want to be liable to repair.- Good tenants you can choose to repair.

I'm thinking a house hack with a V.A. loan so you could slide with that 0% down and allocate funds for repairs. 

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The last tenants did some damage to the interior of the house and repairs like, sheet rock, fixtures, paint, etc. need to be completed. 

As long as there are no outstanding repairs, I don't see anything wrong with paying off that loan faster.