I respect your many years of experience Jay but want to bring some perspective from the other side of the table.In a corporate office which is running 10, 20 or even 50 projects at once (depending on the firm size), what is the benefit for the Architect to drop their other projects to jump on yours quicker?

Based on what you share you have experience in multiple facets so there's lots of directions to go!

Hey Jei,The general perspective is you really really need to be inside one year and one mile unless you simply can't find truly similar properties.

If you find someone (or multiple agents) who are taking advantage of similar marketing strategies, you can get more inquiries this way.Lastly, I'd recommend an email campaign to all buyer, listing, and rental agents who are active the same area as the rental listing.All the best!

That's the challenge with doing a 1031 with multiple properties.

Revisiting this post, I would strongly recommend any service-based business where you can buy in at a low EBITDA multiple.

It hit the market, and in just 2 days, we had multiple offers and sold above asking price.

@James Hamling Thank you so much for this perspective. 

But honestly, there are multiple (mostly all) operating illegally.

We did floors, and multiple interior repairs ourselves while living there.