I live and invest in a classic "cash flow markets" (which has seen 8 years of steady appreciation and is hyper competitive and has very little inventory), and I would not feel comfortable to promise you quick and easy cash flow, certainly not within the time limitations of a 1031. 

And that makes it hard to make a competitive offer.

In my mind, the competition would be to fill the open units.

We do properties 75k plus in value, but, it’s a niche market with little competition at those loan sizes.  

My family is boycotting Apple for two reasons.      1, We believe in capitalism/ free market, and having a market share of 90% for one company like Apple is not a competitive business environment.  

The competition is really tough right now. 

So where else have you lived where you might have a competitive advantage?

I like targeting what I would call secondary or tertiary markets, because the lack of supply and the lower competition.

nope rentals but that's just based off of Zillow...my point being that state of the investor rental market has changed and to be aware of the competitive landscape, regardless of the type of exchange.

I strongly prefer as little competition as humanly possible.