Rich dad poor dad is the book that pulled me into investing.

I'm sure, once my network is stronger, and find other people who understand what RE Investing is about, it would be easier to find others to partner with.Does anyone have any other suggestions, or have I exhausted my possibilities to pull this deal off?

I personally would not recommend a 32 unit as your first unless you have spent years learning the industry and are just finally pulling the trigger.  

I would write out the plans and then pull them out of the drawer if needed.

However, in any 1031 exchange, any cash pulled out of the transaction (known as "boot") is taxable.  

When I am concerning the City it is buy and hold because there is a large rental pool to pull from. 

I walked the outside of the outdated property and snapped some pics, rolled some numbers in my head around:Mid-range ARV around 400knew doors and windows throughout, 15k including entries for good stuff (I know that's high, better to err on the side of caution)fresh paint in/out at $5 per sf for good stuff, call it 9kflooring throughout, 6.2k at $3.50 a sf2 bathrooms, 15k kitchen 20k including appliancesso about 55-60, plus some extra for unforseen and pool, so 65-70k, leaving me an offer of 200-230ishI'm sitting in this driveway for a solid 45 minutes taking notes, running numbers, pulling title info & last sale price/date (Chicago Title mobile app), etc.  

Great question on the utilities, the previous PM sent me their statement for last year and I pulled that out of it.

How do agents pull comps?

I can get tenant quickly according the CMA I pulled, less than 30 days.