There's pockets all over the greater Tampa Bay Area that are B class and up but balancing that with a decent cap rate is going to be tricky unless you either have low cap rate expectations or are will to do value add to the property or being more creative such as using a short or midterm rental strategy or even room by room with padsplit.2) Verify as well the 1031 is going to allow "like for like" into a single family. 

30 Year Fixed Rate Mortgage How did you add value to the deal?

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It would be seen as a rate and term transaction, and your client would have to pay lender fees, third party fees and escrows.

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We are now upon April 2024, and at the rate things have been going, still have a ways to go (finish ducting for forced hot air, insulation, sheet rock, paint, flooring, kitchens, bathrooms, finishes, and anything I am missing to bring the units to whole).

You are estimating using financing at today's rates, BUT over time you will likely be able to refinance to a lower rate.

Interest rates were very high in the 80s and 90s.

So, essentially through the lender I had lined up, they would cover literally 100% of the costs of EVERYTHING, but it was a cheap house with low renovation costs, so the interest payments were not going to be any larger than a typical mortgage payment around here.

You could partner and offer a preferred equity position (i.e. payment of a set interest rate on a monthly basis + some type of fixed annualized return when you either refi or sell).But with either option, which are your most realistic options for this deal, you will have to show some significant upside.