Be sure to talk to your financial adviser and an exchange specialist before starting your 1031 Exchange.

Also, what are your primary objectives when you analyze your deals?

What is the long term objective? 

These "zoning bar" folks are the ones to ask, they're specialists who know the system.

However, within 2 year (when home appreciated quite a bit), my uncles and aunts started to object (despite agree to the deal before) and saying my mom fooled them, bought the house without their approval, etc. 

@Rahul SunkavalliBecause the banks can be a nightmare to deal with and I used to be a loss mitigation (REO) specialist for Chase so I know.

While in the service, I was a contracting specialist for nearly 10yrs.

Personally, I don't agree that appreciation should be your primary objective, but if it is, only Kansas City is currently experiencing any significant appreciation.

There are shiny objects every where but with laser focus and determination you will learn to put blinders on and stay focused on what you need to do to become successful in your REI biz.Its GR8 to read books and educate yourself but get to know your WHY. 

Whereas this may help lessen discrimination because it makes lending more objective rather than subjective, it also makes it difficult for investors to get the best types of loans over time because the algorithms are not created in favor of investors.So how does an investor grow a portfolio if the algorithms are created against them?