I hope now that we exposed them, people, who are now in a similar situation will be able to identify this scam and not lose their money and credit over this.

@Kyle LumanKeep in mind everyone's situation is different and while one investor in the short term is wanting less cash flow for tax reasons (presumably) your situation it might not make sense to break even or lose money.

You can win (or lose) either way. 

Without membership association I lose access to the official forms and the software.

You'll read a lot about how cash is trash and if you don't invest you're losing money.

In other words, there are certain parameters you have to be within when identifying replacements, so if a deal goes south for some reason, after filing the papers that identified that property, you might lose the opportunity to take a 1031 at all.

A the town and amenities expands towards the beach, there is a real risk that properties on town side will relatively lose value in my opinion.

In that case, the only way you could lose money is if your property lose value and you have to sell at a capital loss.

You need to know how to enter the deal and how to exit so you can cover your areas and protect yourself from losing money. 

I break even, but i actually lose money on management fees. if I managed it myself I wouldn't be losing money., Lessons learned?