What trades do you need?

Offer 50% of their current deposit for the keys and get a written Release of Lease, date, amount in trade for $xxx at surrender of the keys.  

Ive sold off some of my poor performing properties, and a few of my ones that have appreciated considerably so that I could raise capital to trade up into the apartment building arena.

I'm an electrician by trade and a military veteran.

I traded some private coaching for his son in order to be able to purchase any multifamily unit of his that he has procured in a recent buyout from another aging investor.

Property you purchase with the intent of holding for productive use in business trade or investment and not primarily for resale does qualify for 1031 treatment.There is no statutory holding period but in general the longer the better.  

I have no problems stating that they know their business, understand the market and in many cases, for certain areas, literally know building-by-building who owns it, when it last traded, the condition of the property, the tenant base, etc, etc.

Was there a contract with the trades or with a single general contractor ?

This would be a commercial note limited to 80% of the trade-in values of the vehicles and would be priced around WSJP + 2.50% with a 1% origination fee of the loan amount.

They are usually trading 150-300 basis points higher cap rates than an apartment would and would be valued as such.