A good chunk of our membership is solely focused on this niche so any info I can glean and bring back to the table is super helpful.

Basic info about myself: owned properties, did major renovations, including foundation underpin.

That depletes their savings. 

While saving up for your house hack deal (even at 3.5% down you still need a decent chunk of change for closing costs, initial repairs and sufficient reserves) put all your money in a high yield savings account like Wealthfront or in T-Bills on Public.com.

I am sure you can probably find that info at Memphis Housing Authority or TN Housing search.

If I had known up front how our exchanges would be billed I might have drafted the PA myself and done some of the title groundwork myself (he was just a middle man on that - he and title company found same info I found and had access to). 

It felt like I was buying houses for free not using any of my savings to scale up and acquire more and more houses.

Thank you very much for the info… I have been reading up on it and going into this I thought I had one year to execute the 1031.

I am currently saving up to buy my first property and have been listing to the BP Rookie podcast for some time now.

How many people are motivated by the tax savings though?