Lest I get a lot of "you're not doing right by your employer" comments, I often ask for more work so as not to be so bored but I'm limited by my security clearance in what I can do for them at the moment.Without getting into too much detail, while I make a decent salary, I don't have a bunch of money sitting around waiting to invest.

Depending on where your other properties are you may want to wait until you have the new property under contract before listing them for sale to fall into the 1031 timeline.

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The issue he has mentioned with his properties is vacancy including one that has been vacant for 2 years because he was doing the rehab himself and him having poor tenants.

Hopefully the other projects mentioned in this plan can be implemented.

Something that's not mentioned on this forum much though- watch out for midwestern markets that cash flow well w/ respect to price:rent ratio, but have an excess of rental housing supply relative to the tenant pool.

Wait until the renter is late before you start stressing out.

I would just focus on your remodel and wait.

I didn't want to wait the time it takes for a large amount to be printed and shipped.

Of course, this is in addition to everything else that everyone has mentioned.