You currently have a pretty proven investment in-hand, so you need to decide how much better a new investment would need to be to compensate for the above.If you were losing money, or even just breaking even, then I would be loudly promoting the 1031 option, but given that its already a profitable investment, I think I'd recommend holding it and using the flow to either pay down the loan faster (if you don't need the income) or save up for your next MFR.

Either get a short sale started or forget about it, and don't believe everything sellers in distress tell you.....my best deals have all involved an owner in distress due to some some perceived "injustice", mental/drug/alcohol issue, etc......and trust me, it was Never their fault.

I truley beleive the morning workouts - though they took a large chunk of time - gave mental clarity and energy throughout the day to get more accomplished

We've also used it with folks in my office as well to promote many of the topics covered in the game.Kinda like you, I've also taken the game one step further with my oldest grandchild.

People will either buy into your vision for it and become invested, or they won't (in which case they weren't the right people for you to be networking with).In terms of promoting it, it sounds like you are doing the right things. 

I don't know anyone in your area that does this, and I just tried to give you details, but BP flagged my response as self-promotion. 

The people I test are the people I rent to.When I'm at work and not doing drug testing, I do all the promotional and marketing work for my STRs. 

The part that is greatest challenge is the mental and emotional drain on a person whether financial or up late at night worrying or stress. 

I've also used credit card promotional advances multiple times.

I had to really evaluate how close I needed to be to the blue line and what I could afford - what really got me there is that I think rideshare has lessened the overall need to be close to the train, rideshare is starting to become very competitive price wise across Chicago with CTA and it can really shift the "I have to be next to the train" mentality.