.- What ended up happening with your 1031 and trust decisions?

Research about other investments led me to "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" and changed my perspective completely.

It is at this time that many of the decisions are made informally. 

Make sure the agent understands you don't respond well to high pressure and that you will want to look at many houses before making a decision.

They just pay the service themselves, and the report comes to you to make your decision.

I would start the decision making process by getting several business valuations.

A good agent can save you WAY more 1% and help you make better decisions.

Rich dad poor dad book has a very similar situation with a condo.

This isn't the best lawyer in the area, so I would like to go in with some info to ask and then make a decision.     

@Harrison CookYour post kindles lots of questions.In the "good old-days" most heating systems were vastly oversized for the building they were heating - energy was relatively cheap, insulation was non-existant to poor ... so it was easier and safer to {drastically} oversize.Today, while energy {in North America}  is still relatively cheap for the moment,  we have a much better understanding of how to make buildings more efficient {though you might not think so looking at the construction industry in the U.S.A. and Canada}  and there are often more cost-effective measures than simply replacing an old, over-sized heating plant with a new, over-sized heating plant.You really need to - or at lease should -  perform a heat load analysis to properly size your heating system, a component of which, is determining the rate of heat loss of the building envelope.