For example, if a sell a property for 130K, but want to buy another for 65K, can I use the remaining  65K to put towards a 2nd property and still qualify for a 1031?

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What's great is after 1 year of your first purchase, you can purchase a new primary home and move into that one, with your remaining entitlement, having 2 VA loans.

(Cost of construction and payoff of remaining loan on the home)1- selling the home as is would help on capital gains tax.

I just want to make sure the house will remain standing for the long term.  

(Don't buy stuff just for the sake of lowering your tax bill, it's not worth it) HI Basit,When you say "You can try accelerating some purchases that you would normally do next year to be this year, but there's not a ton outside of the normal stuff" you mean stuff for my remaining rental property right?

My accountant said as long as I keep all receipts for proof the money was used for renovations then it would be fine.I'm also wondering can I put 20% down and put the remaining funds into a new bank account that is separate from my personal accounts.

If I can and house is worth way more than owned example(mortgage remaining is 30k house is worth 150k) could I take the 30k loan over and then pay the 120k on the side?

Remaining anonymous doesn't help much because an attorney will know how to track you down.

Why aren't you on the phone to them every single day getting updates as to what is being done each day and what the timeline is for the remaining issues?