If appraisal comes in $100k or higher, we intend to get bank financing and with the improved equity position, put no money down and move onto the next deal.  

You can't take cash out with it but you can make repairs & improvements.  

Now, we are landlords of that property with great tenants and slowly but surely improving values.The goal is to acquire our next property, hopefully a flip, at the end of the year.

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I would do all the capital improvements as you mentioned so  maintenance is not a factor down the road especially in your cold area of Buffalo

Your cap gains/loss disregards the depreciation when you sell, since it's recaptured at 25% separately, so you're calculating the loss gain off the$155k, plus capital improvements.  

@Simon Shih homes sales have fallen and the inventory of houses have increased.

@Wayne Brooks I was thinking of expenses like appliances, landscaping, other improvements that are not required to make the property ready but are added.On a related note, what if you cannot get a W9?

What would an "improved" cap rate possibly be?  

But there are a couple of ways that the improvement costs could be rolled into a 1031 depending on your specific situation.