As others have said a partial exchange is possible, and common.

Alternatively, once you have a full time job (or an employment contract), you should be able to qualify for a loan and utilize a Down Payment Assistance program.

Getting analysis when starting out is pretty common, buying that first deal is a huge leap of faith. 

Additionally, you may wish to speak with a CPA as to whether or not becoming an S Corp is the right decision – they can assist with reducing self-employment taxes.

Given that I am self employed, a few personal loan options, did preliminary asking about my situation, and they got lost in the weeds with how my real estate income looks so dismal on tax returns.

And for sure I highly doubt those that teach the common wholesaling techinques are not up to speed with all these new laws in all the different states..

Thanks as always.RL What you were experiencing is actually more common than people want to admit.

@Alba Cheung if this attorney doesn't complete the eviction look at the dockets and see what attorneys commonly handle evictions in you area.

The common mistake here is that not ALL your equity is borrowable on a property and even more so on a investment property then an owner occupied property. 

I believe this is very common among funds and syndicators.