- Digital files - A scanned copy of the paper files in a Dropbox folder, so I can share it with my partner- Financials/Ledger - Use Quickbooks so I can quickly generate reports and also be able to input info from more than one place.

Sometimes they may charge you for having to dig it out of the files, but usually (around here), if they can find it, you can have it.

But, unless you're a big cash buyer, ready to swoop in and close on a perfect property on short notice because the seller is desperate to sell, you're a retail buyer and will almost always going to be looking at these little single digit cap rates.

I'd like to run this by you before I make any decisions.Based on these Reasons might be good to do a 1031 exchange1) wife is planning to retire sometime soon to be able to visit family that are out of state like Arianne Lemire(podcast), so we'd like to increase cashflow in the short term.2) heard the podcast session with Katy Fettke about idea of exchanging appreciated Cali properties with better cash flowing properties, make sense to me.3) I really like to move up to investing in 5 or more multifamily because we can force appreciate but I don't have much time, I'm currently expanding my digital marketing/AdWords management business, so I'm falling back to possibly acquiring turnkey properties.So I read online that it is possible to do a 1031 exchange from 1 property to multiple similar properties with the rules1) 3 property limit2) 200% value limit3) identified within 45 days4) a few more rules that I'll go over with my CPAObservations about my current situation:1.

Plus Raleigh is a good medium sized city so appreciation is probably in the mid-single digits.

If you can get into the double digits, you're in pretty good shape.3.

That works out to $24,864 per year which is an annual cash return of 2.18% on my original investment.I could put my money in a market index fund that pays more and would give me double digit growth, plus the money would be liquid and lower risk than partnering with you. 

Aside from being the most precious, non-renewable resource, time is our universal currency.

It makes sence for South Africans to invest in a stronger currency in a safe vehicle like property.

If doing this using a BRRRR strategy I will have triple digit cash on cash returns as I will have a stronger ARV IMHO.