This is to all broker/agents out there.If you stand for nothing you will fall for anything.Define your business and what you will and will not accept as a working business relationship.I see many residential agents desperate to get any business and they fall for anything.Some things close and they get money and some don't.The agents bad allocation of time and not getting paid for the time invested wipes out the profitable transactions.This is like an investor buying one good deal and then buying into a second bad deal.Now the 2 properties one making profit and one losing cancel each other out and you are no further along in your goals.Derek why don't you take a continuing education class on bpo's or apprasials,etc.??

I tell the seller that in order for me to allocate my resources (and time) to find them a buyer, I have to have the exclusive right to the property.

Because it can be a headache when you are working with that 100K and need to fix structure/foundation issues (just an example) that are going to eat up the budget and she has that money allocated elsewhere.

I think this is one of those situations where asset allocation and manangement would dictate the answer.

Yes, when I say, "added to the cost basis of the property", that means added to the purchase price of the home and allocated to land/building/land improvements/personal property, which are respectively depreciated over NA/27.5/15/5 years.Hope this helps.

One thinks that General Partners can't take depreciation on their carried interest (until all Limited Partner capital accounts go negative), only on actual cash contributed and the other thinks that allocating depreciation based on overall sponsor ownership (vs cash contributed) is correct.

Definitely restructure your contributions/allocations. 

Plus, I take into consideration how often the properties turn over and allocate the monthly expenses for each property as though I don't have a tenant.

You can allocate your proceeds in any way you choose toward your purchases.So if you use your 1031 to purchase one for cash and then use maximum leverage on your others you can refinance the debt free property easily immediately after the 1031 is complete. 

I will change my goal and allocate 10% to #5 on your list. :-)