Be in control of what is happening.  

Learn the skills to control real estate first without the need of a large amount of money.

A partner was handling the exchange and was considering some replacement choices that turned out to have problems.I'm aware of the DST (Delaware Statutory Trust) option but the ones I've seen have large upfront loads even apart from other fees (though we've been offered commission discounts).I read a post here mentioning Virtua Partners, which states on their site: 'Frequently, investors pay a 15% load, which reduces the amount of money available for investment and damages investor returns.

To my knowledge, SFRs don't have rent control in New York, which is a plus.

I can outsource the hospitality to someone who can do it right.To anyone considering AirBnB, I would think very carefully about the serious time commitment it is and the lack of control over when those responsibilities arise.  

The property is townhouse sharing walls with neighbors, now neighbor said they also have cockroaches.The pest control company said that Cockroaches are in-door ones, brought by residents.

There is no rent control. 

The 5 unit was just rehabbed and now ready to be occupied. but first I need to make some adjustments first.The building itself is ran using gas with one furnance  and one tenant control the whole buildings heat for all units.I'm in the process now of separating all utilities and putting baseboard heat for 4 units and leaving 1 unit with gas. 

So areas are out of control with taxes and need to be careful there.  

Some SEO consultants can help with this in one stop shopping but then you have to ask yourself how much control do you want on the quality of content on YOUR website