And once you have bought a handful of properties, find a way to double it.The idea of replacing your W2 with REI has been hyped up over the last (unicorn) years.

Does anyone here run profitable rentals (long term or short term) and would be willing to share some good locations / strategies on getting started? 

The rate fell from 6.95% last week to 6.87% this week. 

The most interesting point of this post is that every time I hear or read about someone getting ripped off in real estate, there is always this long drawn out belief in all the lies that eventually everything will be made whole.

And as long as you work out the % ownership correctly they'll be able to complete their 1031 exchange successfully

Now it has long-term tenants in all four units that cashflow about $700/month.

I see my options are limited, but had one last idea that maybe someone could assist with, maybe I'm crazy to even think this could work?

This is one of the last remaining buildings in Capital Square that has legal Bed and Breakfast usage rights.

So, as long as the bottom line is a positive result  (grater than zero) the deal is good?

Property values have gone up approximately 40% in the last two years.