From a tax-deferral standpoint, it doesn't matter if you buy one property or 100 (note there are identification rules which will impose constraints on what is practical). 

Hey @Vin YanWelcome aboard! 

The tax authority issues separate "PINs"  or parcel identification numbers.  

I have been googling all day and my 1031 agent is lost on this and is pressuring me to identify additional properties in the next week before my 45 day identification window closes.Any help regarding this would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

The caveat to this of course is that you either haven't closed your sales yet or you are still within the 45 day identification window.

But there's a truth in the arbitrage if you can be disciplined about it.Another option that just popped in my head from something you said - if you were to close on your sale after Nov 17, 2018 but before 12/31/18 then your exchange starts in 2018 but your 45 day identification period ends in 2019. 

So, the party that started the 1031 exchange is the same party that completed it.My Story:My wife and I sold a property in New York that is under our individual names and we are doing a 1031 Exchange and still within the 45 day identification window. 

Treasury started requiring identification of principals behind LLC in certain areas of the country like Florida and New York (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?

The IRS is encouraging individuals with expiring Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers (ITINs) to start the renewal process before year-end to avoid delays at tax time.

Proximity and identification of higher worth asset pockets becomes difficult/volatile to predict.Political environment and societal expectations that can be borderline ideological with regards to the aboveIf the crime does not get under control (see the above thoughts on education, gini, poverty, etc) this will weigh on perceptions and asset values for years to comeOn the upside:Indy is positioned well as a logistics hub which fueled growth, and it has a reasonably diversified economy.There is access to high quality higher education in the area.I will not invest in Indy although I did look at it awhile back.