The Relinquished Property being sold and the Replacement Property being acquired must be held for rental, investment or business use.

Mark - did you acquire the property through death or divorce?  

To my understanding, the 203k loan has the benefit of minimizing upfront cost to acquire the property,  but you get punished by the premiums over the long term.

And as a landlord sounds easy enough, assume as much as possible the repairs as possible to avoid issues, but as a tenant investor acquiring the property to lease option under the seller, I'm still trying to figure out how to take responsibility for managing it for the seller, who presumably doesn't want to be an active managing landlord paying for repairs, but doesn't want to find themselves in the aforementioned court situation, which...

Keep on drinkin' the koolaid ...If you want passive REI, and don't have any knowledge or experience in the field nor the desire to acquire these (which would not be passive) then go buy a REIT.

My goal for the next three years is to acquire 5 rental properties using the finances from flips to purchase.  

Hi, I just received a quote for a 2 unit property I am acquiring in Baltimore and wanted to know what you guys thought about it. 

My mother lives in Florida and would like to acquire the home fully for rental purposes.

My mother lives in Florida and would like to acquire the home fully for rental purposes.

Our goal is to acquire buy-and-hold rentals, SFH for now but I dream of a small apartment complex purchase down the road.Currently employed full-time-plus as a veterinarian, I absolutely love my career, but aspire to cut my hours back to part-time.