Purchasing involves combing through perhaps hundreds of candidates over a period of months, creating a short list, visiting properties in person, bidding, hopefully winning one, then managing a rehab, and then interviewing property managers, and then hiring one.

The 45 day identification period will fly. 

You may get a chance to refi before the ten-year period. 

I sold the rental property in June 2017 (to be between the 5 years period the IRS mentioned) to be eligible for the$250,000/$500,000 Home Sale Tax Exclusion.

Update baseboards.

3 year payback period and a 10% cap rate.

It takes into account the repair cost, the holding period, and the after repair value. 

We connect Freshsales with a 3rd party connector, Zapier, to interact with google sheets for updating back and forth.Freshsales allows you to manage your leads and create campaigns to manage. 

The used the rent back period to find a house, close on it, and slowly move out.

It sounds like you're existing portfolio may not qualify but there are several companies offering 30-year fixed on 1-4 unit residential.4) Build up  a cash cushion to see you through any high-interest period.