Subsequent to closing escrow, one of the units caught fire and in the process of the fire investigation, it was discovered that there was in fact asbestos behind the drywall.

Tbh, I find it somewhat shady when a business is unwilling to verify their company and then subsequently ask me for my social security number.

The assessor does the tax calculations....but, yes - even if it's not officially recorded anywhere that a sale went through with no financing contingency, any deed conveyed without a matching mortgage or deed of trust is quite possibly a "cash" sale (that is, the party(-ies) (if any) providing funding did not record a lien against the property subsequent or pertinent to that conveyance).You'll find that through documents recorded with the county.

I was thinking I could use a RMLO for the first deal and when I find another seller use the first note as a template for subsequent deals.

The justification for that limit from the BP site operator is that an edit can remove context thus rendering some subsequent posts to seem irrelevant, so they limit the window of time for an edit. 

Several clients intending to utilize 1031X properties had been waiting for their listings to go pending, which subsequently have, I presume as a result of more attractive terms for home owners.Admittedly the drop in interest rates is occurring much faster than I and our team had anticipated.

I'm going to continue to gather more info as I go and hopefully will be able to project out the taxes in the near future for the subsequent tax years.  

However, subsequent increases in interest rates caused a substantial reshuffling, reestablishing New York and Los Angeles as the dominant players.

Repairs became more costly than anticipated, subsequently my credit card balance grew.Are there any opportunities available for someone that has encountered this situation?

The subsequent deal I bought was better, by far.At the end of the day, just weigh your up and downsides.