Worse results and overwhelmingness comes from being stuck in the weeds of all these exclusions, website custom audiences, retargeting, messenger bot, and all the Facebook advertising features and technologies, when really you just have to simplify. 

A lot going on here....You should have signed an exclusive right to list with the brokerage, and had a designated agent (Mother/son team).

Is the exclusivity clause normal as well?

Do you have an exclusive agreement with the seller?

This would mean that I could take the Cap Gains exclusion in the FL sale and the 1031 benefits in CT.  

I've been struggling with something recently that I was hoping to gain perspective on from those who have been there and are more experienced than I.I've been working exclusively with an agent for the past ~1.5 years of my real estate investing journey. 

Are you willing to sign an agreement with that agent to exclusively represent you?  

I know I can deduct passive rental property losses form my active income (I make less than 100k)Some other info:-I have about $15k in reserves-Next year I won't be working in the States, or for an American company, but I will be receiving a W-2, but can offset those taxes due to the following:"The Foreign Earned Income Exclusion, which allows you to exclude $105,900 from your foreign earned income on your 2019 US taxes and $107,600 on your 2020 US taxesThe Foreign Tax Credit allows you to offset, dollar-for-dollar, the taxes you paid in your host country with your US taxesA Foreign Housing Exclusion which allows an additional exclusion from income on US taxes for certain amounts paid for household expenses that occur as a consequence of living abroad"-I'm a single guy with no family, so my lifestyle is pretty flexible.If you need any more info, please just ask! 

I'm sure there are good wholesalers operating but they probably have an exclusive buyers list already that they send the good deals to. 

There are exclusions that they can qualify for but it's important to seek the advice of an expert.