The cash flow from the rental will help your lendability. 

The cash out does depend on a few things like neighborhood appreciation with strong sales or renovate and refinance on the ARV (After renovation value).When you buy a 2-4 unit you get to use the rents of the other doors as income to help you qualify.

With 1031 you have limited time - if you decide to invest it here let me know, I can help. 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

If you ever need a hand with funding, I’d be happy to discuss hard money options to help you reach your goals.

Relationship building.If you have a reciprocal relationship with another investor with a SIDRA, you can loan them money to help them grow their real estate business and they can lend you money to help you grow yours, without the crushingly brutal rates of some hard money lenders.

Hey @Lisa H.Checking AirBNB and VRBO to see what other STRs are bringing in will help.

There are a whole lot of factors and differences among the options, even among lenders that fall under the "private lending" umbrellaSharing an article published last year that maybe can help and provide some more insights:https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/dscr-loans-terms-to-know

Need more experienced help. 

I am interested in making connections, learning new ideas on how to improve our properties, offering help where I can, and of course, finding more properties.