She has been in the industry of out of state turn key investment for over 7 years. 

@Briana EcholsI have been in the real estate industry from the lender point of view for about three years.

SA is a lot more diverse than folks give it credit for and the diversity is in pretty solid core industries that I think are pretty safe.  

You should have a good understanding of the implications of being a broker, and experience in the industry, before taking that step.

 Great point to hire someone that is experienced in the industry otherwise you are just paying for data entry. 

I was with a large brokerage at first, but recently switched to a smaller company so that I can learn the ropes of the industry.  

Immediately after buying Prop B you do a refi or 2nd mortgage on it and take the cash out to pay yourself back for the expenses incurred in improving prop A.The second way would be to tap equity on Prop A to improve it and then sell it have the new debt paid off as a mortgage lien upon sale and then complete the purchase of prop B in the 1031.Industry preference is that new debt is taken after the completion of the 1031 so there is no way the service could construe that you took out the debt as a way to access profit outside the exchange.  

@John Thedford  what @Lian Shi  is attempting to do is to get a second loan from a private lender.. the new term that many use in the industry is a GAP lender. 

Honestly finding this website/community, reading the blogs, and reading the books gave me everything I needed to jump full force into this industry.

I work for Cresa, a national company that exclusively represents commercial tenants and buyers.