Even if Uncle Ricky offers more money, the seller is still in your corner because you truly were there to help them and were professional and respectful of their situation" I just thought that right there is gold, and is exactly how it needs to be done.12.

If your intent was to hold the property for productive use and you can demonstrate that wit past practice, documentation of conversations with your professionals, rental agreements, actual rent, etc then you could indeed do a 1031 because your intent was to hold and something external changed that intent.And the unsolicited offer is the gold standard of something that can change your intent. 

Your VA entitlement is like gold. 

Economist Richard Thaler was awarded the Nobel Prize last year for articulating what my kindergarten teacher knew instinctively -- to encourage people to behave in a certain way, you add gold stars after their name to reward their good behavior.

No daisy-chains, no exceptions.

A conabear trap chained to a stake directly over the hole will snap its neck within a day or two as soon as it tries to leave .

Over this year I've discovered an unexpected problem of wholesale chaining. 

You can go with a national chain (Century 21, Coldwell Banker, Keller Williams etc.)

I'm dying to close my first deal within 60 days so I can buy a gold chain like a gangster throwing money on the ground around the house to rub it in their faces!

Please advise on dealing with CHA in chicago.