I would say, keep your options open and assess the deal presents itself!

the content that the speakers present is top of the industry.

The financial benefits of a cost segregation study are realized through using increased cash flow to scale your business or strengthen your portfolio which is done by maximizing the net present value through deferring tax payments.As a reminder, bonus depreciation started to phase out in 2023.

The POF letter does not say that student had the funds (though it heavily implies it and the student certainly implies this when presenting offers to would be sellers), rather it says that “funds are available to purchase the property.” 

Trust when I say they are mostly shills and sales presentations.  

The 1031 allows you do that and keep the tax indefinitely deferred.  

1031 tax deferred is for investment property.

As long as the total of whatever you purchase is equal to or greater than the net sale of your old property you'll defer all tax.  

Why not just ask the seller since they'd already declined a $1M offer instead of having us do more work.From my perspective, if they want to sell, they have a verbal offer they can accept, and if they don't want to present a verbal offer, the seller probably isn't very motivated.What would be the point of sending a formal offer in this scenario?

@Brandon Craig  I've looked at 100s of syndication presentations.