He is also waiving payments for the first 12 months which would help us during the renovation stage.

Brandon, we have worked with Dallas Kidd and his family with Under Pressure, they have a rehab business, a maintenance company, a haul and trash out company and a staging company. 

A very common tactic is to change classes of real estate using the 1031 exchange to capitalize on cycling stages of different types within a market period. 

@Chaz Mathias The emerging markets moniker popularized by Lindahl doesn't really apply in this stage of the real estate cycle where everything is hot. 

The seller wants to sell at closer to retail and it’s currently more at the wholesale stage.

At the begining stage you shouldn't even be worrying about this, but there you go.  

We had a friend in upstate New York who could only build his house in stages because if he knocked it down he would not be allowed to rebuild. 

The 2 day training was all pressure tactics and they use your emotions to get you to sign up for the expensive program which was held in CA where they present on a huge stage with lights and music with a party atmosphere.  3 days of partying and only enough content to demonstrate some possibilities in RE.

I figured out what people wanted given their various stages of life and circumstances.

So I always try to sell my homes in the Spring when the cycle favors the sellers, and try to buy in the summer (it's HOT in AZ) or around Christmas time..Also, staging the home is ridiculously inexpensive and well worth the cost.