She buys them distressed, renovates them, and then sells them herself for top dollar. 

Did I screw up by telling them I wanted to buy another property?

This factor can significantly impact your cash flow potential, especially if you're contemplating a buy-and-hold strategy.

I want my property to appreciate so I can take the equity in a few years and use it to buy another house.

There is also a True Portfolio program where you can buy a Second Home with only 10% down and can have a back end DTI of up to 49%.Best to have a conversation and go over all options than to take one lenders turn down.

If you’re buying in a desirable neighborhood and have the capital to do fantastic design and furnishing, you will still do very well.

Great guys to understand the full spectrum of real estate from buying, selling, investing, holding, brrr, ect.

I used all that cash to buy 3 more houses.

For years the most common treatments were to have the LLC do the exchange (a non-starter for you unless you were able to buy out their interests in the LLC apart from the sale of the real estate). 

Hey guys, I’ve been building a portfolio for a few years of commercial and residential properties, it’s been goin great so far until I feel like I’m running out of cash to buy new ones, currently I’m flipping some properties one at a time to make money to buy more rentals, my problem is when I’m done rehabbing I feel like I want to keep them and rent them out!