I can't tell if you want to buy land from an owner who finances or if you have the funds to buy and then sell the lots with you being the owner who is financing to individual lot purchasers?

Now focus on what you, not what the real estate investment community, want to do after you educate yourself on both sides.If you are interested in selling, I know plenty of individuals looking for a similar home in the Scottsdale area as an investment property and I think you could get a great return right now.

In a 1031 exchange, does the replacement property need to be more valuable than the total sale price of the deal I sold (including other investors), or just my individual portion of the investment?

Individuals are purchasing these properties, rehabbing them, and raising rents.

I focus heavily on the sell side and on the buy side only work with high net worth individuals so the newbie wanting a 400k multifamily with an FHA loan probably isn't for me. 

You would have to go after the one individual for non-payment and you could only remove the other three by going through the legal process like you would for someone on a verbal agreement, which puts you in a he-said, she-said situation. 

Concealed Involvement of Barred Individual: Ron Fossum is barred by the SEC for a similar, $20-million-dollar financial fraud and his involvement in Norada Capital Management is concealed.4.

Wholesaling teaches you an extremely valuable skill in RE: How to find off-market deals.

Well I've never really thought if they appreciate it on an individual level or not.Some do say thank you, some do not. 

I would like to connect with like minded individuals.