Buffalo is a great place to invest, but its easy to lose money if you put the wrong tenant in place or get a fair housing violation. 

Make sure you build in enough profit that WHEN things pop up that you were not planning for you still have enough wiggle room to still make a decent amount of money.

I am connected to investors that will bring the money if I bring the deal besides anything I'll put in myself.

I hear stories about how people lost their money by buying properties in Detroit.

But if you find someone you really gel with and it helps you sleep better at night, they'll be worth the money.

If this is important, the choice is clear.However, if you invest using the BRRRR method, you should be able to pull money out of a property and use it again if you buy it well enough with equity.

We printed a boatload of money.

Saving money/cutting costs on those things will require much more wear/tear/maintenance/replacement, and cost so much more in the long run. 

The money made isn't what counts, it's what you get to keep!

My realtor mentioned the later that works with the local title insurance, but when the realtor spoke to her about my situation she said I needed to check with a CPA to see if my sale would qualify as a 1031 and that she is just the "accommodator" of the money as it exchanges hands.