A few years ago, a small Escrow Company here in Orange County that also did 1031 exchanges, was owned by a person who found out they were dying of cancer, so one day, ALL the money in the escrow exchange account disappeared, along with the owner.So my advice is to do the 1031, the government did NOT take any risk and does not deserve that large of a chunk of your profit.

My company business card has my name, MAILING address, cell phone number, and e-mail.

His name is Jake Griffiths.  515-240-4155  (cell)   Give him a call for a quote.  

Your cell phone- business expense.  

Problem is, I could only get about 12 numbers, maybe because everyone is using a cell phone and doesn't even have a landline, or their landline number is unlisted.

I am thinking that I can just take over his loan, have him pay closing costs, and we will soak up the rehab costs.Okay, I'm almost out of cell range and want to get this posted.

My cell is +18013604667 let’s meet up one of these days.

I'm also far enough away (plane ride, not car drive) that if anything happened, it would be a call to my management co (for instance, if internet goes down, etc).I've been looking into Arlo Go (and/or Go 2) as it can run off a cell signal; wondering if that has worked well for others. 

As someone that has used the Realtor Association controlled MLS, I can say they would do a much better job.Most Realtors I know are only members of the Association because it is required for MLS access.If a company like Google does MLS and makes it open access to the public there is a logical next step.On vacant houses in particular, I can imagine a cell phone App used to control smart key boxes.  

Hope you can make it my cell phone is listed on my page on Bigger Pockets if you want to reach out anytime!