Dumont, for example, raised their property taxes 2.35% this year, but their Rent Control Ordinance is pegged to the CPI and for the last few years has only allowed Residential Landlords to raise rents by .008%. 

However, there is a way to convert a rental into your primary after the completion of a 1031 and the establishment of the replacement property as a investment asset as you suggest in your last option. 

At closing the previous owner transferred the security deposit and last months rent as stated in the contracts. 

Take photos of the issues.then you find the owners on the county assessor site, and send them a personal letter and pic of the property saying you drove past and noticed this house, that you were not sure if anyone was living there but you were interested in buying the property. while you are sending out these letters you should try and find any of the following:private money, hard money, flipping partners, landlords, cash buyers, etcyou can find these people on BP, or go to a title company and ask who has been buying in that area for cash over the last couple years, you could ask your family members, etc.Now when you get calls back from the homes you drove by, you already have the exit strategies. anyway, that was a condensed version of driving for dollars so if you have any questions about that, feel free to reach out to me or anyone else here on BPAdam Adams

  - Lastly, we all hit resistance in this buisness.

I have no idea how effective that is, but at the local REIA meetings I went to all year last year there were always 1 or 2 vehicles parked in the lot with the ads on them.

I've been pouring over this site and reading everything I can get my hands on the last few weeks.

Lot's of employees and high leases.We were at the GA fair last night and 2 cheese steaks, 2 onion rings, and 2 drinks were 44 dollars.

Tell them you will pay them cash for a quick close.When you do all that, then contact a local RE Agent to give you a list of all the houses in that neighborhood that have sold in the last 5 years with all cash.

If it's a 30 year old kitchen that hasn't really seen any updates within the last couple decades?