My name is Hans, I am originally from Argentina, raised in Miami.I have been a real estate Agent in South Florida for almost a year now, and for the last 3 months i have been very interested in REI.

@Gary Headrick  @Paresh Patel @Amanda Han @Brandon Hall Maybe the resident BP CPAs can weigh in. 

Not really planning to invest myself for a while but would like to help others to keep their accounting and tax paperwork intact and may be answer some questions related to those areas and hopefully also learn something about real estate investing from others to benefit myself in the future.Listened to a great podcast few days ago with Amanda Han, CPA.

Amanda, I clicked on your question because I had the same one.  

We usually turn listing meetings in 48 hours and our specialist (Amanda) spends about three hours to establish fair market value.

I am happy with Amanda Desmoreaux at RPM Alamo.

@Hans Wilke I'm not sure about the laws in Ohio.  

I just watched the podcast with Amanda Han on taxes, so now I know the books I purchase may be a tax write off as well!

good mourning My name is Amanda.

If the 1031 report and the refi are within one tax year then both are reported to the IRS in the same year and may not be the best of ideas.The refi is definitely not allowed in the 1031 itself so how far you separate the two seems to be up to you and how confident you might be able to exlpain in an IRS audit.Cheers,Buddyperhaps @amanda @Amanda Han, who I have recently listen to her two podcasts might shed more light on this question.