I had to enlist the help of the code enforcement officer to get the collection agency to remove my lein.  

If your Realtor won't get expireds for you, with you enlisting them, I'd find another Realtor.

My goal is financial independence, or more specifically to have enough monthly income to where I don't need to re-enlist 2 years down the line.Currently, I rent.

. - If you enlist the help of a Qualified Intermediary with extensive knowledge and experience handling 1031 Exchange transactions there shouldn't be any "unexpected issues".

I'm licensed in MN and could help out, if you decide to enlist new help beyond your current lending team.Either way, congrats and good luck!

I plan to enlist a specialist, but should I find a remediation person (think Servpro) or a structural engineer?

Where I am stationed in North Dakota, the market isn't very big and was hit hard a few years ago when the oil industry slowed down rapidly, so I have decided not to invest here but to continue to save as much as I can while I am here and educate myself on REI in order to take action when I am ordered to move to a new location unless I go overseas, then I will wait till my enlistment is up in a few years and start then. 

I am an aspiring investor, near the end of my enlistment in the army, stationed here at Fort Stewart.

I've had multiple professionals inspect this 3 year old boiler and I've also talked with the city code enforcement and enlisted there help to resolve this issue. 

Since then, I've read over a dozen related books, probably over a couple hundred blog posts, and tried unsuccesfully to get some rentals financed as a poor enlisted military member.I recently separated, and moved back to Oregon, specifically Corvallis.