If you want to fill your property with residents sourced from the companies above, imagine being the overworked, relatively low-level employee tasked with finding the appropriate housing ASAP.

That basically meets the 1% rule.

I haven't done a 1031 exchange, but may in the near future and the small amount of research I have done on it seems to indicate that some qualified intermediaries only do the intermediary task (hold your money while you close on the new deal) and some try to do other tasks as well, like facilitate you finding the next deal, etc. 

I have a lot in East Rockaway, corner that I am helping the owner find a buyer...Trying to get more info on like zoning and how much you can build, Property shark has been useful in NYC but pretty useless in Long Island, can not even find basic info there, is there another website or resource I can use for more detailed property info?

I basically just told them when they moved in that any drama that may arise from them sharing the house is between them and has nothing to do with me (as long as the house/people aren't being physically harmed).If you do end up renting to veterans I think your best bet to ensure everyone gets along is to just make one lease for all 4 bedrooms.

Anybody here that reserves a townhouse In Palm Bay with D32 Invest builder in Florida for about a year and then they jack up the price by 25% basically taking away all the appreciation?

Its the "blocking and tackling" and going with the basics that keep you out of 90% of the problems that we see people have.

@Jaren Woeppel , after looking at the available local options, we continue to self-manage although we export a number of tasks, ie. answering the phone.

I started my OOS HML  career in Detroit and that was 2002 and WOW coming from our area what an education I got.. my clients that were doing turnkey at the time and all the buyers were out of state ( basically LA based) the local on the ground operator was very good he had all sorts of tricks to try to keep the houses safe.. the one i really liked was painting the copper pipes grey so thieves would not steal them..

The net result is basically the same, but it keeps the two properties separate from a lenders perspective.Any low down payment money, particularly on an investment property, is going to come from a private money lender.