My goal is to replace my income through rental properties and trade up via 1031 exchange.

My ideal scenario RIGHT NOW would be to offer $160k to the seller, offer the prospective buyer $30k - $40k in renovations of their choosing in exchange for a purchase price of $260k.Any creative thoughts on this deal, financing, etc I would love to hear them.  

I believe they do finance foreign nationals.

So I'm about to list a "break even" SFR for sale mainly to defer taxes since I've got my eye on an income producing 4plex but seller may not wait for forward exchange to take its course.  

I think the real issue is all the foreign investors looking to park capital here.  

The fact that a very  good portion of foreigners purchasing homes in Vancouver is Chinese plays into this narrative.2.  

Both families fell right in the income slot for too poor to be able to buy health insurance on the exchange, not poor enough to qualify for Medicare.  

Our local electric utility company will exchange burned out CFLs with new for free, up to 6 at a time.

I thought even if they didn't have any inventory they would still want to have a short chat to exchange info.

I'm toying with the idea of buying a multi-family home and letting them live in it rent-free in exchange for managing the AirBnB rental of the other units.This would solve several problems for me:I wouldn't have to worry as much about their financesI'd have a nice place to stay when we visitWe could build equity (albeit slowly) by paying off the off the property with the AirBnB incomeMy hunch is that this could work out just fine for everyone:My dad has been contracting for the last 35 years and is on the licensing board for the city of Sanibel.