This move-in ready house features a stove/oven, refrigerator, and dishwasher in the kitchen.

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Of course when doing the 1031 exchange your basis will carry forward into your replacement property.Where you have a potential issue is establishing your intent to hold those properties but immediately selling one or more them as soon as you have them ready. 

Is it an automated voice attendant, is it a call center where you are routed to someone else eventually to get an answer, or is it a live, well trained staff member?

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I have read I will need to use a third party service to make this happen.  

What do I do to get out of it?

It sounds like you're really ready to dedicate time and energy into educating yourself about possible investments and I love that.

Purchase price: $140,000 Cash invested: $22,000 Sale price: $180,000 Moratorium expired a few months before closing and I inherited 2 tenants couldn’t get into the property for 3 months!