Let's say you have few hundred thousands from your 1031 exchange...Is it better to go "multi-family unit buy/hold/upgrade to bigger when you can" route OR are there any better strategies out there?

You can get 7% cumulative gross average in a stock market index fund so real estate has to AT LEAST double that for me to be interested.

For now its saving up as much as possible and likely going with a mix of dividend growth stocks and property, but we'll see.You have a great chunk of equity in your SD house that you can hopefully use to start your journey whatever it is, good luck and check out the podcasts for other great RE investing ideas.

Account Closed wholesalers can send retail properties to agents in exchange for access to the MLS, comps and such.

My question is more of how taxation and foreign exchange will impact investors.

Looking forward to some productive exchanges!

Yeah landlord had them sign a crap lease in exchange for free rent.

Also I am open to help out on any local house flips occuring in exchange for hands on experience.

Are you going to take cash out at sale or 1031-exchange?

The only downsides I see are that with the population contraction over the last 60 years, much of the rental stock being sold is fairly old, and with the low rent prices compared to most areas, I'm guessing management fees could really shrink your margins.