They have thin ones for $450 so you don't have to change the old larger cabinet size.  

You'll have to get each  property appraised, provide leases, evidence of receipt of rental income, and your personal/business asset statements to verify liquidity.

The reason for this is that we want a larger home -- we just had baby #4 and want a bigger living space. 

Could liquidate both properties and use towards another adventure?

“From a broader market perspective, restricting 1031 exchanges could generate a short-term surge of activity as investors liquidate assets that have significant appreciation and/or deferred taxes,” according to John Chang, senior vice president and national director of research services at real estate firm Marcus & Millichap in an analysis emailed to CoStar.

And construction loans are going to want a larger down-payment (i.e. 20%) versus only needing maybe as little as 3.5% to purchase an existing MF property where you will live in one unit and rent out the other(s).And a construction loan to build a MF property may be considered commercial development (even at 4 units) versus building a SF home to live in yourself - and if so, they may want you to have prior rehab / development experience to some degree.

But in this seller's market, I think its a way to lose everything.2) Most investors that I work with are high net worth and able to cashflow income minus expenses over $30k a year and have over 50K of liquidity on hand.

So I decided to jump the hurdle and took some time to learn the commercial financing component so that I could move into larger multifamily properties.

That family member convinced her mother, the previous trustee, to let her stay in the property until she found a new place. 15 years later and over $300K of her personal funds sunk into the carriage house later and she is still there in a remodeled carriage house.She doesn't want to move and is now co-trustee with another family member that does want to liquidate the house and distribute the assets.

Most product is 2 to 4 units residential duplexes to quad's or much larger properties.In AZ some people are putting up non-refundable earnest money of six to seven figures depending on the deals.You will have to put in the time and make tons of calls.