Me and my wife spoke to an immigration lawyer yesterday, but the answer was pretty much "hire me first"Any guidance/advice would be greatly appreciated!

If you are unsure talk to a lawyer.

The cost of that trip would effectively be included in my purchase price.

2) What are the seasonal effects on real estate?

@Sushil IyerWith my experience, to analyze properties effectively, you can start with resources like MLS listings, Crexi/Loopnet, tax assessor websites, or paid tools like Costar and Reonomy.

It’s alleged features that make it more desirable than cash or gold or eve isk will go away once it’s regulated like a legitimate currency, and/or it’s features are less effectively had than something like gold.  

How do I design a small yet effective real estate portfolio?

And asking an agent to run comps on 50 properties a day isn't effective.

So 1031 effectively reset the qualified/non-quaified use of prior owned property.

I was mainly thinking about the effects of putting an entire strong cashflow back into the mortgage.