My brothers and I are employees of the DBA.I have read quite a bit on 1031 exchanges as well and am still a little uncertain if it will fit into our business plan to start because of the inability to hold the properties for a year or more until we build a little more capital.We just want to maximize profits.

San Francisco appears to have them as well, although I'm uncertain if they're constructed differently.That is unfortunate about the high operating costs of those buildings as I am sure they are beautiful and it enhances the neighborhood to have them maintained and occupied.  

I think video evidence will help your case if it ends up in court, but it saddens me that we have to go to such lengths because of all these progressive laws being rushed through legislation in order to pander for votes. 

Lots of county wide legislation already in California and it seems like there is more to come. 

But I’m uncertain as to where I should take it from here.

Basically a review of a piece of legislation that may or may not affect the properties...

However, if it is a primary residence there was legislation passed that excludes forgiven debt from income.

There could be a calculator "out-there" to determine the population density needed to make a graveyard profitable.I have also seen several articles about local legislatures working to pass legislation requiring continued maintenance of facilities; just something to keep in mind locally.Areas that I need to do more research into 1.

They have been pretty successful in pushing back on some of the harmful legislation that has been proposed lately. 

Glad to see Oregon has passed some legislation to protect owners.