Fees should be clearly stated, easy to understand, and justifiable.

Are hard lenders easy to get approval or need sell your soul?

We don't do them at US Commercial, but we refer them out to reliable sources. 

For the 1031x thoughts you need to talk to your accountant; main question is are your current properties in a 1031 that would make it easy.

Single family seems to be easy to rent out and I feel like people are more likely to stay longer in single family than apartment.

It's definitely not easy, but the sacrifice now will pay off a ton later. 

I felt like starting with an excel workbook with separate worksheets for "Contractors", "Wholesalers", "Agents", "BP Folks", etc. would work but then I don't know how to best organize the info so each sheet doesn't just become insane with so much information that I have a hard time finding what I am looking for each time I refer to the workbook... hopefully that is a little more clear?

I would say its tougher these days to find easy flips in the multifamily space, but if you are looking to buy/hold for rental income you can cash flow about $1000/mo (after debt service) on a $500,000 building (4-6 flat) in several areas.  

*It's easy to get into the driveway when the house is on the left side of the road.  

Is this a good criteria to have or is there an easy way to handle the lead paint situation?