The profit was around the same but I lost a lot of wealth in that transfer.

I transferred the money via EFT (the transfer instructions had no reference to Lendbase - red flag), and asked for a receipt, but was told that their customers rarely ask for a receipt. 

I don't remember the precise words, but essentially he claimed that there was some sort of standard rental agreement applicable to the area and he could not (perhaps in reality would not) add anything to it at all, which struck me as oddly questionable.

Just remember anyone who has acted as your employee, attorney, accountant, investment banker or broker, or real estate agent or broker within the 2-year period ending on the date of the transfer of the first of the relinquished properties is considered your agent and is disqualified from being your QI.So definitely ask them for recommendations but they cannot act as your QI on the exchange. 

Here is an example: We run a fund that has a transfer agent that handles the cap table.

Here are a couple of ways you could structure the deal:Lease Option with Seller Financing: You could lease the property with an option to buy later, allowing you to rehab it while giving the sellers time to find a 1031 replacement property.Seller Financing with Deferred Payment: Structure the seller financing with no immediate payments, allowing you to refinance once the property is appraised, and the sellers can complete the 1031 exchange when ready.Escrow Holdback: Transfer the deed into an escrow account, giving you control without immediate transfer, so the sellers can take their time with the 1031.Third-Party Facilitation: Use a qualified intermediary to hold funds and facilitate the 1031 exchange while you refinance.These options allow flexibility for both you and the sellers.

You can make an LLC and transfer it over.

@Emily Gowen These types of questions are precisely the focus of my firm.

@Aleksandra DrovalI'm not sure what statistics you're looking at but everything I've read and heard shows exactly te opposite, that hotels are losing to Airbnb precisely because of the experience.

Well, what would be happening is that your buyer would be buying your house subject to the existing note, since you can't legally sell the property without paying off that note or transferring the debt to the new buyer.