I am assuming we'd pay capital gains on the $230k ($730-$500k) but I'm now confused on whether the partial exchange protects me from the significant trade down?

But again, lowering the rate doesn’t help that trend.Is trade war the only hope for buyers hoarding cash and waiting for the opportunity?

Would be nice though to become wealthy by trading with yourself. :) 

Talking with other investors, we regularly use multi-family or MF to refer to 3+ units, such as "I'm trying to consolidate my portfolio into larger multis" as a way of saying "I own a lot of 2-3 families and would like to trade them in for a smaller number of 6+ unit buildings"You do have to go by context though.

I definitely get the trade offs you’re talking about.

Hard work in the trades can get you there.

Although we're not as pricey as the bay area, we're also certainly not an inexpensive market and there are trade-offs to investing here. 

I was led to believe that it should trade somewhere around 3-4 times gross sales

When a user purchases cryptocurrency at a given price and then later trades it away — whether by buying a coffee or by selling it on an exchange — the sale is subject to capital gains tax because it is considered property.Failing to report the transaction to the IRS could expose the user to criminal and financial penalties."

I've been a contractor for more than 50 years with licenses for 8 specialty trades.