That is alot of plane tickets!!!

But Phil is right - go guerrilla; you can make flyers (2-per page) for just a couple of cents each down at FedEx Office and take them and put them on cars in the parking lots at the 4th of July celebration in your area!

I would guess its significantly more than that.You should get on a plane and go look at the property and the area.

we originally planed on just buying 1 duplex with the exchange funds but identified a triplex , a quad and a duplex during our 45 day identification period.

Overnight shipping (FedEx or USPS) can be used for those, and likewise for keys if as Ned Carey mentioned no neighbor has a set.

(ultimately, we found out a well-meaning neighbor with a key entered the house to bring a fedex box in out of the rain and decided to 'explore' a bit...)- When the bathroom sink broke this week the PM acted like we were the worst people in the world for wanting to get the sink fixed.

Now it turns out the ambassador in Libya had requested some security several times, even a plane to be available to evacuate them, and were refused the help by the State Dept.

Clearly this is a scam..don't send any money..this sounds to me like the rental scam where the "owner" claims to be out of country on business and then ask the potential renter to send deposit money and then the out of country owner will fed ex keys.

I still jump on a plane to get to know the area and see the properties I'm purchasing.You are reposible for the properties and Tenants in them.

They allow partnerships who own planes as 1031 exchanges to move their interests in other planes without disqualifying their exchange I believe.