I would just love the financial freedom as I feel like my husband works 24/7 just to pay bills and we barely travel.

My very first meeting with lenders, I had mapped various sample financial deals (one for each lender) from the biggerpocket.com calculator, printed them in pdf color and showed the lender that I had an understanding/command of certain business terms (cash on cash, IRR, ...etc). 

Hi @Lavette Pittman ,If memory serves correct, Sprout is an intermediary that connects you to the actual financial institutions that provide the funds, and they get a commission on you attaining those LOC.

Just to find a management company that you can trust can be a daunting task.

Paying bills and recording financials.2.

the challenge of course is going to be to find the right replacements and fit into the identification calendar as well as the potential nightmare for funding approval given the moving pieces.If that proves daunting you could also think about buying one or two properties for cash and then refinancing them immediately after the 1031 to access the money for the next two.And yet another option that a lot of our clients are choosing these days is to separate the cash and debt as a form of defensive investing. 

My financial models show 15% cash on cash return on a $950K investment for 65% of the equity. 

However, if it makes big financial sense to refinance within 6 months, maybe can I even pay some penalty voluntarily to make up for the loss of the original lender?

I have some financial analysis I've done to help get some tax liens in the NW suburbs where I live.  

But this scenario also gives me the flexibility to not have to do that in an financial emergency, or sock away more cash flow towards the next investment.Any pitfalls I am missing here?