The number is so specific down to the dollar that it makes it look intentional.

The BRRR method is tough in the greater Boston area also the 1% rule because the property is so expensive.

The community here at bigger pockets is so open to teaching, uplifting and sharing!

@Elmo DasallaAustin inventory is so low right now, any decently priced SFR gets multiple offers within 1/2 days and it is sold over asking price.It’s just insane how hot the market is ATM.

I'd definitely do the cash out refinance now since money is so cheap with rates being so low.

This is accomplished through experience, which is why practice analyzing deals is so important. if you can find a great deal, then there will always be financing out there to acquire the property whether through hard money, private money, investors, or partners.Don't allow analysis paralysis stop you from jumping in.

Who has a property that is so undesirable that it can't be sold?

Your premise that 1031's ending is a-ok because it is not the "standard rule" and exists as an exemption, is so epically flawed and fallible on every front I am shocked nobody else has eviscerated this as of yet.

The reasoning behind choosing SFH is so that I can start slow (self-managing) and work my way up to a modest but sizeable passive income stream, mostly made up of houses that I've previously lived in. 

The first step is so that you know what retail market is, make sure that they send you "sold" property along with "new" and "pending".