.), you can legally pay a referral fee on a commercial mortgage loan, as long as the referring source does nothing more than call you with a name and phone number of a prospective borrower.However, if the referral source — say, a commercial real estate broker — starts to negotiate terms (rate, points, term, etc.), then he is working as a commercial mortgage broker.

I actually have it pulled up on my phone right now but didn’t realize the 180 days part.  

Looking back, I'm not sure how I kept up.A few years ago I got into mobile home parks and ran hard with that.

I sent you a message with my phone number. 

@Bill Wagers, Unfortunately, these are the kind of questions your QI should have answered in your first phone call with them.  1031's are strange and mysterious at first. 

I'm considering mobile homes since there are quite a few parks around this area.

Also @Michael Norris made an excellent point about dog bite/dog breed exclusions.I might add that when I asked my management company how many owners signed the form they sent out, I was told almost all the owners did without any questions or phone calls, so I am in the minority. 

You can generally get a good feel for a company by having a phone call with them but certainly need to be cautious if there is little information about them available.

Take it slow, work on your craft before you get on the phone.

. - link doesn’t work, but I’m on a phone, so my on my end.