We ask for a lot of the same stuff we do on a flip, but we also complete a different ap for the general contractor and as for items such as insurances, plans, permits, scope of work, GC license, GC's driver's license, etc.

To each their own.You have to look at your net worth and annual income and decide if long term equity growth and less headache is the main driver or higher cash flow with a more intensive asset?

But don't think of the 1031 exchange as the driver. 

My wife had a driver's license at one point in CA, though this expired many years ago.

I actually was talking to a cab driver who lived in Oxford Circle last weekend.

I am a truck driver full time and i'm looking to escape the rat race.

If you have a Driver's License you can upgrade easy to Class D and drive Box Trucks locally for $20 an hour.

Price is the strongest driver.

When I have a potential tenant I give them the link and they do an online application that they have to attach a driver's license and paycheck stubs to and then I request the background check that they pay for. 

Regarding 1031 - this is a huge driver of the real estate market and I cannot see this going away.