Quote from @Bonnie Low: Quote from @Keleisha Carter: Quote from @Bonnie Low: You may be in a very saturated market.

Can I use 1031 funds to finish my basement which I plan to rent out once finished? 

Spring/mud and after foliage/brown are your low.

Lastly make sure you have a high income if possible to help fund those assets asap so you can have flexibility when entering the real estate investing world.

Would it be better for me just to keep my money in the index fund?

I contacted a title company to officially record the sale, but they are requiring 3 separate closings (and tons of extra fees) because there will be 3 liens/private mortgages recorded (one is the original mortgage that I want to reassign since the interest rate was very low; the second will be held by my son to my daughter for his portion of the equity in the home; and the third is the difference which will be between my daughter and my other LLC). 

Google Travel recently fired the head of the department for not being aggressive enough and is expected to grow its market share over the next few years due to its unlimited funding and access to the world's largest search engineGoogle Travel is also not the only platform that syndicates listings from direct booking sites.Extending Reservations off other platformsIf you've had STR/MTR for any length of time you know it's common for guests to ask to extend off the platform.

i would get #s from a FEW as you're getting started, to see who knows their stuff. if ARV could be as low as 90k you'd pretty much have to get it for free. deals like this sometimes work creatively though. if they're open to seller financing. and you can wholesale creative deals. 

I have funds and multiple contractor teams available for Investment projects in the Fort Worth, TX area. 

The last point is the most important one to focus on here.In most (but not all) real estate transactions, the seller pays for the real estate commission out of the funds they receive for selling the home.