I originally thought we wouldn't be able to 1031 exchange it... but now I'm wondering if we can.

It would apply to sales/exchanges after 2017... not acquisitions.

On the LL's side (your client) it may be that they're happy to relinquish CONTROL to the tenant in exchange for a lower rate. 

It’s an opportunity for like-minded people to talk real estate and exchange experiences.

i.e. we move forward with my wife being a share holder (house in collateral)  and then I offer my house as collateral to separate lender (relative) in exchange for loan.

I met him at an open house and exchanged some emails with him and he asked that I give him a call.

I've been reading up on RE investing over the past few weeks (beginner here) and noticed that there are references to certain financial tools (FHA loans, 1031 exchange, etc...) that are available in the US context, but not in the Canadian context.

Being a stock market investor, I would think it might be possible to prudently hedge oil a bit, even partially, by either buying options or investing in an oil ETF (exchange traded fund).

We are not Japanese, we are a society of consumers - It is really hard to cure.Also, Japan is a product-producing country and that why their GDP is high and their ability to devaluate their currency is so limited that deflation is king.

v=WshxmT3Fawo"Derivatives" on any financial institution's books means OPM (Depositor/Investor/Lender/Fed/Treasury) vested deeply in LBOs, "High Yield" Bonds (AKA "Junk"), ETFs, puts/calls in equities/commodities/currencies, and a lot of real "derivatives" (bets based on equations in every manner of index movements) and all other sorts of investments which would make a Depositor or "Investor" run for the hills if it were more clearly described.