Hello,We are considering doing a 1031 exchange and wanted to know if you have used qualified intermediaries in the Tampa area you can recommend?

It should be identified to your Qualified Intermediary no later than midnight of the 45th calendar day following the close of your relinquished property sale transaction.  

There's a story of of a CPA, an attorney, a Qualified intermediary and a realtor all in the same car with a client driving when they hit a massive pot hole.  

Does anyone have a recommendation for an intermediary in Atlanta who can hold onto my 1031 exchange funds?

She had an intermediary and attorney that were not very experienced with exchanges.

Might be a moot point, though, because according to the calendar days between my move out and my projected sale date, I think I will not make the 2-year minimum requirements, so 1031 is probably the next best option using the 200% rule.I've also heard on the rich dad series that most qualified intermediaries are not regulated and pool all their clients' funds together for their own investing purposes, rather than having individual accounts for each client, and this presents the possibility of their losing some of the investor's funds that were earmarked for the 1031.

Any time you’re hitching your wagon to an intermediary like AirBnB, HomeAway, Booking you’re not really marketing a rental property, as much as you are getting your product on someone else’s shelf.

The seller signed and the seller's broker is the intermediary that makes this deal most likely enforceable.

However, a mortgage broker is an intermediary who charges a fee.

If you are going to "take a loss on selling and closing fees" - then there is no gain to defer, so there is no good reason to even think about a 1031 exchange, especially since you will pay extra for a Qualified Intermediary (QI) to handle the exchange (as required by IRS).