I'm seeking advise from people who may have been down this road before on whether we should seeking other financing methods to go LLC to LLC or quit claim the lot back to our personal names to satisfy the 1031 exchange rules. 

Quote from @Devin James: Quote from @Scott Mac: Maybe the infrastructure, electrical grid, water sewer, pavement thickness on the roads, cannot handle the extra people in the area.

There are people located all over who could help you locally. 

So far, we have shortlisted Columbus, Orlando, Indiana, Vegas and Rochester.we live in Toronto and we really would like to connect with people like us who already started their journey to know about their experiences and insights of investing in the US! 

You can do the outreach yourself to connect with off market properties or connect with people who can find them(agent, wholesaler).

But I see people turning long term or highly appreciated primaries in to rentals.

I'm seeing a lot of people lately trying to force themselves into house hacks without an immediate cash flow/equity play and "banking" on appreciation or rates dropping. 

Or maybe you're great at talking to people and could make cold calls for someone working off a leads list. 

Or if you need to hire a kid to stand out in front of their office warning their clients that they’re losing tax forms and not telling people. 

In Arizona, there are a lot of reputable people who do lease options.