Planning to go for 1031 Exchange?

(knock on wood) Ultimately, I'd work on getting the right deal and then see if you can find someone in your area to split it in exchange for guidance.

In your book, it will look like this (backend of the software)Debit amex-suspense expenseCredit APWhen time to pay, you cut a check (backend of the software) it will look like thisDebit APCredit Cash Time to allocate your transaction in 1 journal entry:Entity  Account               Debit     Credit   DescriptionA         landscape exp     1,000                monthly service for Aug 2016A         loan&exchange                 1,000    to reimburse back to PersonalB         CAPEX                  2,500                 Capital Expense for _____B         loan&exchange                  2,500   to reimburse back to Personaland so on..You can have HUNDREDS of line items in this 1 journal entry, but it's just 1 entry, NOT 4.If you prefer, you can do gather up all the transaction for 1 property and do a journal entry to make it cleaner.If what you are doing works for you, all the power to you.

I would be welling to work for the right person in exchange for helping me learn the ropes and possibly helping me with my first few deals.

If they are doing hourly or salaried work that is not "the practice of real estate", then you're fine.For anything that falls within "the practice of real estate" in your state, you most likely would have to pay their broker/brokerage - so they would need to have a sit down with their broker about how the fees would be allocated between the broker and the agent on the receiving end.In California, the practice of real estate is defined as:"a person who, for a compensation or in expectation of a compensation, regardless of the form or time of payment, does or negotiates to do one or more of the following acts for another or others:  (a) Sells or offers to sell, buys or offers to buy, solicits prospective sellers or puchasers of, solicits or obtains listings of, or negotiates the purchase, sale or exchange of real property or a business opportunity.

In exchange for the service, the investors pay these scouts a fee.

Before long, investors were piling into the grand ballroom and the quiet whispers of the morning became a slow and steady roar, as investors from all over the US introduced themselves to each other, exchanged business cards and shared their stories of where they're from and why they're here.

Offer to help investors in exchange for some mentoring.

Client now lives in San Diego and is looking to do a 1031 / 1035 exchange from that rental property to a primary residence here in San Diego.

My mom still does all the monetary exchanges, but he does all the rest.