My PM ordered the microwave online and is telling me the microwave and labor was $130 more than Lowe’s and won’t account for the difference.

Thanks for helping me understand how the $500K exemption interacts with the 1031 Exchange!

Currently I use an app called "meet up" and for some time, a lot of their events in my area are all done online.

Wouldn't you opt for that if you could interact only with verified profiles on any site instead of unverified ones?

Look at a few each day online, or catch up with an agent who knows their stuff and househacked to give you some pointers. 

The interactions were mainly me sending places I wanted to go look at, and making offers with very little guidance from them, ultimately only to lose out on the bid.All in all, I've learned that being this early in my investing journey, I need an agent who is not only familiar with investing (or is an investor) but will reciprocate the same dedication and drive. 

Marketing homes during this period involves creative strategies, such as seasonal staging and targeted online promotions, to attract buyers even amid holiday distractions.

I'm fairly confident from reading online we don't qualify for an exemption, but I'm trying to assess actual closing costs to trying and reduce them All details:Bought the house 2.5 years ago for $980K (left on mortgage $753K), we have a clause for an assumable mortgage for me to take over (I can keep same rate).

Go online to Home Depot, Lowes, etc. just to keep tabs as to what's going on. 

If you are listing it online, aren't you just in a sense just "listing it on market"?