As I think about it, that's a very nice story (almost brings a tear to the eye) - that the renters are now back where they belong - warmly welcomed home to their rentals.

Some of those choices might conflict with your overall idea to modernize the property, make it pleasing to the eye, and attract tenants.  

For emergencies I would hire or find a tenant to be your eyes and ears so you never have to drop what you're doing and leave.

She was likely drunk and definitely belligerent because she didn't like where I put the stakes, she told me she was going to take them out and started advancing toward me with wild eyes and hands raised, I just kept backing up until she gave up because even if she hit me I would end up looking like the bad guy because she is 85 and I am sure that manipulative POS was trying to trap me.

A lot of them are these low profile guys, who weren't in the public eye.

I’ve got My eyes peeled for the next meetup.

I know it seems like nothing out in public is private anymore but allowing more of it to be concentrated in a single place just allows more "eyes" to capture every moment. 

This economy in my eyes is fake, a massive bubble, a house of cards about to crumble and I'm wondering why I'm the only one who sees this......even Jim Cramer, whose advice I take with a grain of salt, said the other day, "The real world is much worse than what the stock market indicates."

@Milton RiveraI think a better way to phrase my question would be do I only need to transfer the capitol gains to the next property or do I have to transfer both capitol gains and what I have paid back/downpayment from current home.Home cost = 165000I owe = 120000Therefore I have about 45k equity if thats how it works.I invest say 30000 into the home and sell it for 270000.In my eyes I see that I have capitol gains of about 75k (i understand all fees I paid are taken out from capitol gains in my favor but ignoring that this is what I am at ballpark)Now that means I should have about 150000 (270000 - 120000 mortgage) in my bank account after the sale (or in a 3rd party exchange account).

As a landlord you will be more of a baby sitter keeping a close eye on tenants that generally have very low social standards.