In a 1031 exchange, the replacement property must exceed the total sales price of the property sold ($700K in your example), not just your equity portion.

My team lead is a mentor of mine so to speak but in general, the people i have met through REI meet ups have considerably changed my trajectory and are real world, local examples that have helped me along the way and for free.

For example Intel headquarters, Google, FB, Amazon, Nationwide, Honda, (recently Anduril announced another 4k jobs to Columbus).

For example, they have not sent us the rent they owned us for the last three months, and here is paperwork to show it is not in our account, here is the contract with them stating they would pay on this day each month, and here is the title of the house in my LLC/name to show you we own the property too.

For example, it may be 20% off (retail only not on price discounts/clearance unless specified) but then 3% CC payment fee or ACH fee. 

My electrician sent me an example.3.

However, if you're okay with some cash flow but AMAZING appreciation potential and the best macroeconomics, I would look into the Columbus Ohio market as this is where all of the population growth, job growth, and companies moving/developing here (for example Intel, Google, Amazon, FB, LG, Honda, Nationwide, Anduril, etc).

An example would be no custom showers like the one in this post and using tub/ shower inserts instead.  

:Quote from @Jimmy Lieu:Have tons of examples of deals that hit the 1% rule and positive cash flow.

I have looked for examples of landlords that were protected by their LLC and always come up empty handed.