I had watched a few dozen Brandon Turner webinars (which are geared toward new investors and the info is somewhat repetitive which drummed it into my mind) and so I was confident I knew the difference between a good and bad deal. 

I'm rather confident I can increase beyond these numbers, but not considering that in my analysis.

So if you want to keep your 1031 confidential simply make the contract an assignable contract. 

Maybe since he is a residential broker he is not accustomed to sending out NCND/Confidentiality Agreements.There seems to be some differing opinions here.

Confidentiality, if we heard on the street the price we offered just them, then the offer was rescinded. 

Co-brokering also weakens our confidentiality with sellers by opening up details to those outside of our company.You can certainly go out an approach owners directly. 

(Percent primary versus percent rental.)I BELIEVE Utah will want state income tax since Florida isn’t going to charge you, ask your CPA to confirm but I’m pretty confident. I

It certainly did for me.I started out buying turn key rentals because they were easy to buy and workedOnce I got more confident, I started rehabbing ugly houses, making a much larger profitThen I started investing passively in multifamily deals, which allowed me to invest big chunks quicklyThen I syndicated a small apartment, gaining experience and building my capitalNow we are syndicating large apartments with large staff and property management.From a percentage basis, the houses I was rehabbing was probably the most profitable, but you can only invest in small chunks and it takes time.

I am confident I can learn to do it myself, but I suspect that I may have to pay 20 to 50k to win a bid in the areas I am looking at.

I've been doing this for several years now and feel pretty confident I can continue with no problems, even if the demand slows down.