I guarantee if a nuclear bomb went off a few months later some real estate guru would have a system for making huge profits in post nuclear blast zone real estate. 

A lot of people base it on what a middle American nuclear family may want, so you may pay for the good schools and other amenities unless you can snag a deal.I am not looking for a "good" neighborhood as much as an acceptable neighborhood that fits my own criteria.

I previously ran nuclear power plants in the Navy, so my trend analysis and project management skills are hugely useful in helping me execute on my vision.  

That's puzzle piece number 1.Puzzle piece number 2 in the 1031 exchange is your reinvestment requirements - in this case you sold for 500K so you must buy for 500K.Puzzle piece #3 is that you netted after mortgage pay off 100K in cash - So you must use all 100K in the next purchase or purchases.So now just run the scenarios - your potential tax bill in CA on 100K of profit could easily be  30,000 or more.If you do a 1031 and buy for 500K and use all 100K in cash then you would pay no tax.If you do a 1031 and buy for 400K then the IRS perceives that as taking 100K in profit called boot (yes you might say that it is a return of capital or whatever but they have nuclear weapons and you don't so their interpretation wins).  

IE You guys are a white nuclear family, and they picked you because they "think you are a better fit" than the gay black couple that also wrote an offer.

My line of work (nuclear engineering), I view everything in incredibly strict, detail-oriented processes. 

The advantage of electric cars is you can use renewable energy or nuclear power generation methods.

The other two thirds are produced by burning coal or in nuclear power plants.

(And no, short of nuclear holocaust, Columbus will never eclipse Chicago).      

I went nuclear.