I get that a lot of things can be done by searching the internet, but wouldn't the best way to use your time is to focus on real estate investing and not real estate accounting?

If you would rather pay that monthly to take a task off your plate, then go for it.

Beyond the fact you need to know how to use it, know what you are looking at and and then have to clean it... it is ok to just punt that task to a professional.   

@Autumn KimNot a bad niche if you like pain and have staying power; this is not a strategy for a hands off investor that likes excel and internet research.  

But the real value a 1031 intermediary brings goes way beyond simple document prep which is what the lower cost internet sources offer. 

It sounds like getting furniture and appliances to these places isn't an impossible task, but for my own peace of mind I think I'm sticking to places that aren't that difficult to access.

The conventional brokerage model is a pre-internet, pre-online tech enabled world.

This is helpful, I've defintely been respectful, I've been helping her out with a lot of the tasks that are part of cleaning out the house and supporting her with additional information via Google as she is in her 70's.

@Farooq K.Don’t believe everything you see on the internet.

If the payment is $1,234,56 your #1 payment is $1,234.56 to the lender and if you did a Carry back of $50,000 @ 4% your Carry Back payment is $238,71 to the sellerThere will be more in Part 2 of Subject To vs Wraps Similarities and Differences Part 2Numbers 5 and 6 of similarity are dubious as a practical matter.A seller can always interplead you (the buyer) in a mortgage foreclosure so you have no protection from a deficiency judgment.From one of your prior posts to me when I took you guys to task about “subject to” you remarked that it’s just numbers.