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I'm talking to the seller's broker, but I would like to find my own people to assist with the due diligence period, such as an SBA loan broker, an accountant with experience doing QoE for this kind of transaction, and a lawyer.

My wife is a agent(mostly for our personal transactions)  can anyone offer some advice on who I talk to when I’m ready to start the 1031 exchange?  

Hey all, Anyone ever work on ground up data warehouse construction/real estate transactions?

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I've gone through books and all the various YouTube stuff, but best to talk to real people doing the real thing. 

Then you can read a more in-depth book like The Book On Rental Property Investing by Brandon Turner or The Unofficial Guide to Real Estate Investing by Spencer Strauss.2.

The locations I am looking at (suburbs reasonably far from downtown and the Tech Center) have seen 3 total transactions in the last year.

Do the tax advantages outweigh the SDIRA related fees (ie setup, custodian, transaction, asset specific, administrative)?

You want to properly classify transactions such as Contributions/distributions if they are between the entity and the owner itself.If the entities are not direct owners, you have have a Due to / Due From to properly keep track of money owed between the entities.Best of luck!