@David Song work with an experience qualified intermediary to help facilitate the 1031 exchange of two properties into 1.

If so, I've been speculating and making serious bank for going on 20 years.

If you’re passionate about whatever you’re going to school for, go for it.

My mom called me last week when her car was at the shop and asked me since she was planning to get a new one soon, could she forgo both the steering rack and the airbag fix that was needed, I was like well you should replace both but having the having the combo of a car that's broken and has a failed airbg is a really bad combo.

happy to help further...Your argument for going in person is convincing and along the lines of what I've been thinking myself.

(For instance i just bought a Excavator for about $15k less then what i can sell it for, going to use it for some projects then sell it. )I flip houses and make money doing that but i like to live in them for a while to avoid running it like a business and paying self employment tax.

My apologies for going dark on this post- my 9-5 got very busy so I had to step away for a bit. 

Any advice for going through it? 

I make much more money buying the fixer upper (abandoned, condemned, unwanted) properties for a song and paying cash.

Or looking for funds in all the weird places (song tune).