Financially I do not need to have it rented tomorrow, I can wait a bit.

When you can communicate both your strategy and criteria (and are financially credible), you can leverage your network and get meetings with brokers who are willing to shop for you.

Please share any helpful resources, your personal experiences, and what you have found to be valuable with every transaction.

Is that available to scale up and if there are investors,  resources to manage that side if the business.I imagine a $60M/year Lending business will need systems in place and more than 1 extra person.

In my case, my specialty is flipping the transferable residential development rights from resource land such as farm and undeveloped rural-residential multi-acre parcels.

I just want to get the management side of things right if I were to commit virtually all of my resources to it.Best,Dustin The rule of thumb is somewhere between 80 and 150 units is when you will need FT maintenance (depending on age and amount of deferred maintenance). 

Seems like relationships are just as helpful as online resources.

Sounds like they are dumping a bad 1031 property into a REIT and spreading the financial burden upon existing REIT members. 

Can you share how the deal is structured, how you got the investors on board and a more about the financials ?

If yu claim one it doesn't void the option to claim the other one.Provided you meet the IRS requirements for both, as a tax strategy, you could complete exclude a portion of capital gains under Section 121 and then defer the remaining capital gains under Section 1031 (@Dave Foster is a great resource for 1031 exchange). ..