Person B has another 1031 from a property he just sold to Person C.Along with NCE, there is a "Society of Exchange Counselors" (SEC) that is invitation only, and there are only a certain number of people can be in the grouphttp://www.secobserver.com/There are many individual equity exchanging groups throughout the US.Here is a video about their Quarterly Conferences held in Las Vegas:https://www.youtube.com/watch?

Now you think it should sell for at least 90K but the city decided to place half-way houses in that area where the dredges of society will be gallivanting around your property.

As result, you may not cash flow as much as you want and you will also have no choice but to rent to the dredges of society who will only bring down the quality of the neighborhood.What I encourage you to do is look for properties in an upcoming area (meaning there are signs of development going on, whether its a new hospital, university, shopping mall etc.) then buy it when prices are comfortably low.

I think society has valued those above mentioned skills in too low a regard in our time, but pointing out it would be risky to use the funds is kind of like saying maybe you shouldn't use the funds to get a degree (depending on the degree) either.

It's kinda like a "secret society".

The best advise I can give you right now is to educate yourself on real estate investing (a lot of resources available to you), so you have some general idea of what would be acceptable by the means of society as well as comparison of what other people are getting.

Battle Headed to Voters Rent ControlBattle won, but the tenants right groups that are funded by Open Society are being sent to ballot.

And being a precision machinist mean you are competent--you not only have the skills to do what you want, but skills that your employer and society really value.That is awesome!

In life generally, I think that too many people drift about without a concrete idea of what they want their life to be like, and find disappointment around their mid-life (hence the mid-life crisis) when they realize that they left their dreams and desires on the way-side to pursue what society has deemed to be stable and successful (9-5-ers).

From what society tells us (since I don't know from personal experience), your day job will keep you very busy and thus actively managing a portfolio will be pretty difficult.