I'm really emotionally attached to the house in Arizona so I'm leaning towards renting it out until I work through the grief however, I need to avoid paying a huge amount of inheritance tax.

Ask the right questions.It’s wild how much you can learn from someone just by asking the right things.Get the seller’s emotions flowing.

If they’re emotionally tied to the property or assuming it’s worth more because of sentiment, your tone helps shift the conversation back to objective valuation.Also—if they haven’t gotten an appraisal yet, this might nudge them to get a reality check from a third party.

Investing has to be a numbers game and emotion has to stay out of it. 

Just do what feels right and try to remove all emotions during the buying and negotiating process.

You’re going to want to reach out to @Dave Foster and ask him about the procedure and cost of doing a “reverse 1031”.

It also fosters opportunities to build teams locally and nationwide.

Buyers aren’t walking in emotionally like a family buying a house, they’re looking for an exact fit. 

@Dave Foster thanks sounds like 1031 is the way to go as we could retain more investment capital.