Wholesalers can be a decent source of great deals, but you'll have to kiss a lot of frogs. 

@Cal Hollow, A 1031 exchange can definitely seem intimidating, especially for your first one.

The region has a mix of older suburbs with quaint downtowns and leafy streets populated with Tudor, Cape Cod and Traditional homes, such as Hyde Park or Shady Hollow.

Even the frog is headed to the creek to swim. 

A one to three foot piece of the tree could be pulled out of the bottom and leave a hollow spot in the bottom log. 

Here's the worst part; The conditioning effect of Americans that somehow the last decade+ was normal.Not a swan event, a frog in boiling water event. 

Remember the story about cooking a frog--raising the heat in the pot slowly so the frog doesn't realize it's getting cooked until it's too late?  

This will be my best equity portfolio return since 2020, if not better but still got a long ways to go.Valuations have surged past euphoric, many leap frogging past insanity, residing in a place of unicorns and leprechauns. 

Barry Square, Frog Hollow, Sheldon Charter Oak are all nearby and are rougher, solid F.

But you then experience the pain of what we experience as mortgage brokers in correct me and kissing a lot of frogs to find lender's that are actually worth a damn actually fund the deals on time.