With family near by, you can do this yourself.

Option 2, Let’s say you get 650K and 1031 into a new property, can leverage you into a similar investment nearby that could potentially yield 4 times the return assuming about a 25% leverage on a similar subdivision.

The other day I woke up, grabbed coffee and began reading Bigger Pockets and doing a little work.

I have elderly relatives who are very interested in renting a nearby house.

Besides, it starts your day doing something fun, have coffee on the way and get in the frame of mind of thinking about bricks and mortor.

Next door would be best, nearby better.

Either way have a cup of coffee on me.

You can go online to places like Zillow and redfin and find out what other homes nearby this Tacoma home that are 2/1 have sold for in the last month or two.

I frequently meet with newbies before an REI meeting or for coffee some other time simply because they asked.

(Opus gives me a number, a fax number and gets me listed with 411 all included in my $99/month rent)Once you have everything setup (took me less than a week to get to this point).Apply for the following accountsI started with ULINE and ordered some storage containersI went to Quill and got some coffee creamers for my Airbnb listing, and some markers.I went to Pilot to get a gas card, then later found out they no longer report.