Not many real estate agents focus on lease properties since the commission is significantly less than that of property sales.

If you went directly to the agent listing the property then ask them, and if not then ask the agent that represented you for the sale to get you the contacts for it. 

What I did was after my sale was under contract and I was down to a couple weeks from closing I started shopping seriously and had my replacement under contract a couple days before my sale closed.

My loan officer seems to believe this means that I need two separate loans, sales agreements etc... 

If the purchase price is 70% of the home's final sale price, what portion of the additional 30% is the $ spent on the flip and what portion is the average net gain?

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On the other property seller adjusted sale price.

Maybe something happens on the block which pushes rental rates down, but still provides a sale option.

For the seller (John) to defer capital gains via a 1031 exchange, the sale proceeds must be reinvested into like-kind property within 180 days.

The median sales price in the City of Austin only changed 0.5% from a year ago, coming in at $565,000.