I’d like some advice about how I could turn these houses with equity into more significant cash flow.House A is a rental that has about $150k in equity and $250/mo cash flow.House B is our current residence and has about $70k in equity.I’m thinking of doing a 1031 and taking the $220k from both houses and using it as the down payment to buy a multi unit complex for around $1M.Assuming the 2% rule, I would take my time to find a $1M out of state multifamily with gross rental revenue around $30k/mo. 

Hey folks, aside from Air DnA and Mashvisor, are there any companies out there that ya'll have commissioned to do market specific research on that goes a few levels deeper that just ADR, Occupancy and gross revenue? 

That will always get you farther than you currently are.You need to focus on the Revenue generating habits.

Especially if they see and can understand that your top line revenue is not reflected in your bottom line income.

The net revenue after expenses and property management can range from 35-60% cash on cash investment in the first year.

But she will not be double-taxed, as PA will give her a credit for the tax paid to CA.https://revenue-pa.custhelp.co...You have a "Client"? 

Each town has different restrictions and regulatory requirements but overall are very welcomed and the towns already have a process in place to generate revenue from STRs. 

I’m a little hesitant to change the layout of the house so much but I like the idea of the extra revenue potential.

I just purchased a house by the beach that will be a STR.  I am in the process of renovating, but I am doing so from out of state, and for various reasons I might not generate an income from the property this year.  C...

And a MAJOR point on this analysis is it's not just about property sales, no, your analysis MUST have the operational component, analysis on rents, how the make revenues.