If you look around the country you will find MANY areas where suddenly the dynamics change.

I was visually seeing less than 7 days for all relevant counties.

After doing some reading here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_divisi... and also googling images of county wide municipality, town, and school district maps I THINK, I have created a list of "truth" statements, and sketched out a visual to represent the relationship between counties, towns, villages, cities, school districts, and the term municipality.  

I have found many national banks even though they have bank locations in suburban to rural areas they do not do commercial loans there only residential.For those areas the local to regional banks feel more comfortable lending there as they have deep roots and understand the dynamics of the area.

Later on when those buyers start to sell they build up listings if they can hang in the business long enough.Commercial is a different dynamic than residential.

Run.If he's visualizing you naked instead of concentrating on business, it's a serious conflict of interest.

How can my wife and I become an investing dynamic duo in the Vancouver, WA area most effectively? 

In some markets, housing prices increase faster than inflation due to population dynamics and demand/supply imbalances.

This is far from an exhaustive analysis into the mechanics of 1031 exchanges, but the high level thinking may be helpful to those looking to understand one of many dynamics impacting the current buying landscape.

While it is tougher to find the right deal in this stage of the market, it all depends on your local market dynamics and connections.