And then be able to 1031 exchange the other lots and indefinitely defer that tax.Have your cake and eat it too!

And defer the depreciation recapture indefinitely (if you continue to do 1031 exchanges and cost seg over and over)Yes, you can do it.

I have had only 1 turnover and expect my tenants to be long-term indefinitely. 

You cannot house hack every year indefinitely with the VA loan and $0 down.You can use your VA entitlement with NO CAP the first time (yes you could buy a $3M house if you qualified with $0 down).

The greatest aspect of the 1031 exchange is the ability to indefinitely defer taxes and use them to grow your own portfolio. 

My only point was that there were a lot of podcasts where people made it sound like you could just keep house hacking over and over indefinitely or at least up to a 10 loan max. 

And you’re right on consistency - my plan is to keep the yellow-envelope mailers rolling indefinitely, just tightening the list each round until something opens up.

So as long as your rentals bring in enough cashflow to cover those new mortgages, you are set to live on that income indefinitely. 

To get a primary residence loan, you would have to intend to live the in new property indefinitely.

In either case, the DST allows you to continue your tax deferral indefinitely.