It takes a lot of my time and I’ll be deployed soon.

Then you can deploy the proceeds as you see fitting without the 1031 constraints. 

I think the #1 most ridiculous poster is the person living in a desirable, high-appreciation location who has plenty of capital to deploy who asks which crappy undesirable market thousands of miles from where they live is the best place to buy their first investment property.

Most west coast IPPs deploy solar with energy storage systems (ESS) to time-shift out of the low to negative margin day rates.

By carefully balancing the collateral and ensuring rigorous underwriting standards, it is possible to mitigate potential downsides while capturing the upside potential, providing a compelling investment proposition in a competitive market.Uses of Mezzanine Debt CapitalMezzanine debt can be deployed effectively in several ways, including:- Liquidity Provision: Providing liquidity to set aside interest reserves for first lien lenders and tax and insurance escrows required by the first lender.- Property Improvements: Funding additional property improvements such as renovations, HVAC work etc.- Operating Shortfall Coverage: Addressing operational shortfalls during challenging periods.Objectives of Mezzanine DebtThe primary objectives when using mezzanine debt include:- Project Stabilization: Completing renovations, construction, or improvements and then stabilizing the property with 90%+ occupancy.- Interest Rate Management: Buying time until interest rates normalize or decline.

It's not that the technology isn't available, it's that someone wants to get paid for developing, maintaining and deploying that technology.

With time as your main deployable resource right now though, take that time to learn as much as you can until you find a path that sounds both realistically achievable with your current resources, as well as something that sounds interesting to you.I'm always happy to connect with other investor folks around the Twin Cities, so feel free to shoot me a message on here if you want to chat directly! 

@Victor Gomez The terms of your financing matters, interest rate is less important than terms, everyone only talks about full term fixed (I.E. 30 or 15 year secondary market) that fine if you qualify, have the required reserves, ect. but in the real world or when you have more than 10 mortgages or have your money deployed instead of sitting in a bank account, many of us choose commercial financing (aka in-house or portfolio loans)  they are usually lower cost to close, slightly higher interest, and terms of 3-5-or 7 years with amm of 15-25 years depending on the bank. my morgages ar $50K and below each its hard to spend $3500 to close a note for $50K for a 15 year fixed on the secondary market, when it costs me $600-700 to close a commercial loan I dont need the reserves and the income from rent is what qualifies me for the loan.

Based on your time, energy and capital you have to deploy will dictate where and what strategies you can use.  

If you have a high return on equity, then you are more likely to be making high revenue relative to your existing payment, which means you would be more able to cover the higher payment of a cash out refi and would then have cash to deploy.