I come from a professional commercial construction background with a Bachelors in Interior & Environmental Design and I currently work from home in E-Commerce/Marketing (hoping to blend all these backgrounds into a real estate investing :) I had a specific opportunity recently come up that I'm needing some advice on...

For the sake of argument, let's assume a blended yield of 3% which would only produce best case scenario $1.5 mil/year. (3% of $50mil)The problem is, as @William Kyle Walker pointed out, GF is bleeding cash currently losing $4 to $5 mil/year.

I use mine to apply either an orange peel or a brushed texture, whichever blends in easier. 

This would be a whole another kind of learning curve, but I can't see paying $122/door in Charlotte for $950 blended weighted rent.

If you plan to stay in cash on the other side of the balance sheet you can use the two to blend a much higher ROI than simply going cash without the 1031. 

Also I think being a pilot and a real estate investor is a great blend.

We'll blend some pre-1997 depreciated ones with post, always mindful not to sell too much in 1 year, pushing up their cap gain rate.

Blended family.

@Rapy Narruhn its like blended whisky vs single malt scotch.

Doing this keeps you somewhat aggressive and let's you take advantage of CoC returns that blend higher.