Your best bet for buying with some equity is either through a reputable wholesaler or good negotiating via the MLS.

The rent-to-own option seems far too complex, involving 3 parties to depend on each other with seemingly a lot of liabilities (namely that the bank could call the loan).

I would bet you’ll be lucky to get 100 bucks a door realistically when all the corrections are made and it’s running .

Purchase price: $152,000 Cash invested: $12,000 Huge fixer upper with lots of budgeting involved in the rehab.

Unlikely a PM will want to get involved just to evict someone and in most states they can't legally represent you in court even if they wanted to.

I always make sure everyone involved understand my position.

How long have you been involved in this space.

When doing a 1031 exchange a qualified intermediary is required to be involved prior to the closing of the sale. 

This is adjusted for growth to avoid existing owners getting massively higher tax bills YoY (again, in theory)FL = disclosure state i.e. tax % * price you paidSome other states = limit growth by a certain %Best bet: consult the local tax assessor's office and/or your broker.

The result is taxable income + penalties.With that said - there are great opportunities to use retirement accounts to grow in value and allow you to be involved in real estate.