Ask if they have any other projects they need asset management help with, and offer your services in exchange for an equity stake rather than a paycheck.That's how I would think about it

So for example, you give the seller $5k upfront in exchange for the right to purchase a property (let's say worth $200k today) for $250k in ten years.

Manage the property for him in exchange for a 10% management fee.Accumulate the cash to use as a downpayment for your own investment property.

Can the limited partner use the proceeds for a 1031 exchange?

I am seriously looking to buy a property at Yucca Valley for Airbnb in the next 45 days, doing 1031 exchange. 

Properties Needing Repairs: Offer to buy homes that need repairs in exchange for discounted prices or terms that reflect the repair costs.

Leveraging tax benefits like depreciation to scale your portfolio, combined with smart 1031 exchanges, helps you compound your investments.

Maybe consider selling the home in AZ and doing a 1031 exchange into a NV property.Champaign is a great area my Corporate office is over in Chicago but my office in Florida.

(vii) would seem to indicate that you'd be acting as an unlicensed broker.(1) "Broker":(A) means a person who, in exchange for a commission or other valuable consideration or with the expectation of receiving a commission or other valuable consideration, performs for another person one of the following acts:(i) sells, exchanges, purchases, or leases real estate;(ii) offers to sell, exchange, purchase, or lease real estate;(iii) negotiates or attempts to negotiate the listing, sale, exchange, purchase, or lease of real estate;(iv) lists or offers, attempts, or agrees to list real estate for sale, lease, or exchange;(v) auctions or offers, attempts, or agrees to auction real estate;(vi) deals in options on real estate, including a lease to purchase or buying, selling, or offering to buy or sell options on real estate;(vii) aids or offers or attempts to aid in locating or obtaining real estate for purchase or lease;(viii) procures or assists in procuring a prospect to effect the sale, exchange, or lease of real estate;(ix) procures or assists in procuring property to effect the sale, exchange, or lease of real estate;(x) controls the acceptance or deposit of rent from a resident of a single-family residential real property unit;(xi) provides a written analysis, opinion, or conclusion relating to the estimated price of real property if the analysis, opinion, or conclusion:(a) is not referred to as an appraisal;(b) is provided in the ordinary course of the person's business; and(c) is related to the actual or potential management, acquisition, disposition, or encumbrance of an interest in real property; or(xii) advises or offers advice to an owner of real estate concerning the negotiation or completion of a short sale; and

You can also call realtors and see if they have any work you could do in exchange from learning from them.