@Dave Foster @Wilson Churchill One of my favorite deals all time was when I was buying Timber rights ( timber Deed)  and helping the timber land owner do a 1031 into an income producing property ( usually apartments). 

Be prepared that this process also requires major collaboration of your tenants.  

It sounds like there's a relationship that exists outside of your interest in pursuing this real estate investment endeavor and I am concerned the desire to collaborate with all parties mentioned is taking priority over whether the foursome can collaborate to everyone's benefit.

@Dave Foster I'm genuinely surprised the IRS would consider those two properties like kind.

@Warren Johnson I'm not sure but @Dave Foster will know

@Dave Foster Yes there are.

@Dave Foster is one of the 1031 ninjas around here.

@Shawn Ackerman,I'm there every week, and sometimes during the week when students are collaborating and learning from each other.

Dirty as h***, OC connections all over the place, history of collaboration with the military dictatorship of the early 1970s.

Keep me updated please, would love ro collaborate!