I locked all my things in one room and hosted many guests with this property giving me great incomes over the years.  

@Robert Ellis  Our Business Plan is to purchase Buy and Hold rental properties for longer term investment and to offset those with some Enhance and Resale properties. 

Cookie cutter subdivisions and contemporary designs aren’t my thing.

@Kevin SackCheck out my the link above.

I'm trying to prove the "smaller bank" myth to be true.

It's great your spouse is on board and pulling in the same direction, the Significant Other can enhance or detour REI timelines.How are you currently finding your deals?

I've learned SOOOO much from those podcasts and the books they've recommended; like Brandon's Book on Rental Property Investing, Rich Dad Poor Dad, E-Myth, and one book I stumbled into at Barnes & Noble called Flip: How to Find, Fix, and Sell Houses for Profit.

the tool is not the problem.There are a myriad of strategies to use 1031 to not only exit the game effectively but to enhance your net worth significantly as you go.1.

I would be looking for high paying work, side jobs,  sell my things, something.  

That saying made by some is a myth.