They haven’t stressed tested their deals to see that the vacancy was 11% in that market just 9 years ago and logically can be 11% if we have another recession.  

Timing on 1031 seems stressful.

Since we drive beat up vehicles we save tens of thousands of dollars.We live a stress-free live.

I created my SD-IRA in 04/2016 via Broad Financial and the transction was low stress and fast; moving the money from Vanguard to the Business Checking account couldn't have been easier.This is the thing with having Checkbook access.

Your Mom's realtor hopefully stressed what a bad idea it is to allow possession prior to closing.

That is the deciding factor, no amount of cash is worth stressing so much you are unhappy.

However I stress positive cash Flow because so  many new investors miss the hidden costs of investing.

Doing a flip while having a full time job and a family can be pretty stressful. 

On a $1,500 rental, that's $5,000 lost plus all the stress and worry.

I can't stress enough the importance of having some wiggle room for when things break, and hopefully you'll be able to piece everything together to navigate the perfect storm.