@Roy Oliphant  I know its totally counter intuitive.. but most of my best deals have been when I insist that sellers retain an attorney to represent them in the transaction.. this on its face at least in our states takes any issue with unconscionable profit off the table. .. and of course a lot of what I do is development land and we can double or triple properties values in as short as 120 to 360 days with an approved plat or knowing where zoning is going to change as was the case in this one were we made a big hit.. and it could go the other way .. recession no one wants to buy dirt and we lose our ***

I am a bit worried that if I invite people too soon there won't be enough topics to retain their attention.Thoughts?

You can also locate motivated home sellers and structure creative financing deals with them to limit the amount of capital needed, thus creating the ability to build a larger cash flow portfolio quicker than relying on retained earnings from cash flow to acquire new doors.

The seller retains title and you have a contract to get the title later.

Also, at what point in your process, should Matt retain the services of a Qualified Intermediary to ensure the 1031 exchange goes off correctly?

My question is based on:A lower rent is an appealing feature to most tenants.So if the advertised rent is lower-than-market I would expect the pool of potential tenants to be larger.A larger pool of prospectives wold be likelier to contain a superior tenant: clean, neat, lives within all the rules/terms of lease, likes renting rather than 'stepping-stoning', etc.Would you be willing to take less rent in order to have and retain such a tenant?

Does the Managing Broker retain ultimate authority and ownership of all work performed under them, like a typical Agent/Broker realtionship?

Use your time like Jon Holdman stated to interview and retain a good buyers agent.

You would probably be better served by retaining the advice from an accountant that is familiar with your particular scenario.

AS AN EXAMPLE, MAYBE YOU CAN RETAIN 51%+ OWNERSHIP OF THE ENTITY, HOWEVER, OTHER ITEMS ARE SPLIT 33.3% LIKE PROFIT/LOSS, BUSINESS DECISIONS, ETC.