We as a firm have investors working with us who have rental properties all over the US big and small.Finding a real estate-focused tax professional and one who can help with advisory and grow with you would be my suggestion to focus your efforts on finding.

Also, demand to speak with the law firm representing the LLC/Syndicator.  

We use this firm and have had good experiences with them: Thrasher Buschmann & Voelkel, P.C.Good luck!

NickWe are considering doing a 1031 to get started in the Midwest - do you have any tips or local firms you recommend who can do out of state 1031's? 

Not many are out there but more of the commercial firms are more experienced with it. 

We as a firm have investors working with us who have rental properties all over the US big and small.Finding a real estate-focused tax professional and one who can help with advisory and grow with you would be my suggestion to focus your efforts on finding.

Here's a list of the top accounting firms in FL http://www.floridatrend.com/article/16233/top-accounting-firms-in-florida

So I work at a commercial brokerage firm, specializing in tenant only representation for commercial properties.

@Michael Maxwell I would recommend John Florence with Florence Law Firm.

With all due respect to the development big firms out there, my project is very small and I believe I'd be best served by a small firm or even one-man shop, and frankly a bigger firm will likely not have time for a small deal.I simply need a low-cost conceptual plan that I can use for marketing to builders.