@Daniel Hyman yes, that's the thing, and I realize that.

Through their experience and going through the D.C. landlord-tenant court, their realization came about that section 8 in D.C. and where the building was located section more positives than negatives.Getting into real estate with no real estate experience and going the route of section 8 or a market tenant there will be a huge learning curve choosing either one.

With regard to the 457, I am assuming that taxes would be paid on the money when I ultimately withdraw in retirement as would normally be the case if I were not touching it until retirement.  4.  

@Davina KraegerA 1031 exchange is a great way to defer tax to another day and ultimately skip paying it all together.There are many rules involving 1031 exchanges - however the 2 main dates to remember are 45 and 180You must identify the property that you will purchase within 45 daysYou must close on the property within 180 daysThe sale must be done with the use of a 1031 intermediary.

There may be more deals in your backyard than you realize.

Halfway through I realized that I had to fire him.

Then when I was trying to calculate property tax I realized I needed to figure that out based on assessed value of the property.

I want them to realize this is a negative unacceptable experience they don’t want to repeat

Long story short, we ultimately lowered our home price to $297k, and we're still unable to sell it. 

I have gone through my numbers on a few duplexes and after listening to the bigger pockets book I realized there is a lot to go into these calculations.