Sellers and buyers understand and the contract time itself becomes part of the buying period for the 1031 exchange as well as the 45 days after sale.The other thing that becomes used much more frequently is the reverse exchange.  

It's not that escrow isn't a straightforward process, albeit with a fairly high number of moving pieces and frequent complications - the complexity lies in understanding what the best way to deal with an issue is when it arises without exposing your client to contractual or financial risk.

Membership is a reasonable cost and they have meetings frequently with a hands on class on some Tuesday afternoons.

Typically, I see the guys who are serious getting solid insurance policies most frequently, especially umbrellas, and they use LLC's very sparingly/selectively.

I must say you have to search frequently but be patient as getting them under contract can be a challenge.

Here are some of the ones I use frequently which have a great user interface without unwanted ads, etc. and are all free:Mortgage Calculator Plus - allows you to quickly look up mortgage costs (principal and interest) and from there, has a very handy feature on add in extra payments, taxes, insurance, etc. ..

That one is free, occurs more frequently, and offers a wide variety of topics.

But you'll pretty frequently find something recent in there.

Yep down payments in the millions and commission checks in the six figures I quadruple check everything.I can see scammers targeting smaller amounts more frequently as the buyers and sellers generally are not as sophisticated and not watching every transaction like a hawk.

(big casino opening up in an already highly-desired suburb).From what I know now, my best bet would be an FHA loan for 3.5% down, owner-occupied multi-family house, and I would love to do that.