My favorite B&H investment strategy right now is via a syndicated platform in which I and other investors co-own with the mangers portfolios of 10 SFR.  

there are areas that tax's are very low on rural properties... but I do believe unless your a non profit pretty much every property has tax's  then you have big corps that create special tax breaks.city of Portlandia to stimulate growth in certain areas will waive tax's for 10 years... of course the price to purchase is generally 500k or more. but hat saves you 100k over the 10 years.Also in Oregon we have Ag and timber defferals which can make tax's very very low.I owned a 720 acre tree farm and I think my tax's were less than 2k a year... now how they pick up revenue is when we go to log we have to pay Harvest and severance tax's Also if we take land that is in AG deferral and change the use to say a subdivision ( my favorite activity) then we have to pay a deferral tax to get it out of AG and into the new use.. this can be substantial.. depending on the property.. not a deal killer but one needs to be aware of it.

I even heard a story once where a bank "managing" someone's 1031 funds gambled the funds away in the stock market, and the guy lost all of it.

Here is one of my favorites with Jake and Gino, the apartment hunters: https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2016/07/0...Jake and Gino have their own great show and resources, so take a look here: http://jakeandgino.com/Good luck to you both on your MF goals!

My favorite so far is Bryan Robinson at Nantahala Bank.

@Michael Greenberg, here are a few others that might be of value:Blogs:Lodgify's blog: Covers everything from marketing to guest experience1chicretreat: Vacation rental blog that focuses on increasing ROI through interior designMashvisor: Great for learning more on investing in short-term rentals (& real estate in general)Forums/Groups:SmartHosts: Definitely my favorite site & newsletter.

My favorite right now in non-performing notes.  

That's where I'll have vacation spots :-)Number 1 is my favorite though.

I have to say though, investing with a big expectation on property appreciation is a gamble!

A few of my favorite sub-markets in Jacksonville include: The Beaches, Town Center, Deerwood/Southside, Baymeadows, San Marco, Riverside, and Manidarin.