YES you can 1031 and after the first few years you will be able to leverage properties, but market cycles will cause you to change your direction many times.Things get easier over time because you have knowledge and experience.

But I may reference credit score (along with other things) as cause for needing an increased security deposit.

He did admit to me that it was him that caused the overflow. 

Would putting my personal residence in a Family Irrevocable Trust cause the property taxes to decrease.Thanks for your answers

I am learning all the newbie lessons in one deal, this seems like a crash course of things that can go wrong while selling.If #@$ hit the fan, I don't know if the county could be held liable for having their records incorrect and causing me a loss, but that comes later.

& yes , been there with the bad tenants sucking the life out of you & my then husband made me be the bad guy cause he sure wasn't going to do it & our daughter was young at the time as well !

Causing replacement or large repair of the system to be more expensive, complex, or sometime impossible.

I agree with @Michael S. for the most part; however, if you feel that your prospective tenant will cause problems with other tenants, I don't think you would have an issue denying them.  

You never have to verbally discuss the security deposit disposition with a tenant and doing so usually causes problems.Many landlords choose not to put a termination fee in the lease because then tenants may think it's okay to terminate the lease.  

I wish i was a more seasoned investor cause there are just lots of land waiting to be grabbed up.