Your State laws may differ so talk with someone in the industry in your state so you are not lead into a classroom education and investment in time and money until you solidify your investment path.

The first is easy to remember the second is more intimate and brand to LLC..  

If I were going back in time (I don't know how old you are now), I would have bought investment property before my primary house and lived in the van until the proceeds paid for the primary home without any of my own pocket money, at a minimum.

I reached out to a few other inspectors but they did not return my emails in time. 

The MLS is very competitive at this point in time and hasn’t been for some while.

At some point in time every tenant will move.

If I could go back in time I would of tried to do this before having so many kids!   

@Brad Penley, All other considerations like appreciation etc aside, you have a unique moment in time to both put cash in your pocket tax free and complete a 1031 exchange.  

I live near the beach and I love sleeping in, so anytime swinging hammers or sweating or stressing will only hinder my beach time and my sleeping in time. 

I can cash-out refi one of them to get about $45K for another investment, but that brings my cash flow down to under $100 for that property.I know the thinking is that my tenants are paying the mortgage for me, I am pocketing a little each month, cash flows will increase in time with amortization and rising rents, and the properties are appreciating in the strong Austin market, but I am just wondering if putting down $50K on a property and getting 5% CoC every year makes the most sense.