Thanks so much @Michael Noto @Stanley Bronstein and @Dave Foster - very helpful feedback!

It can also make for an environment that is much more likely to foster prohibited transactions throughout the life of the investment.

@Orrett Lawrence - If you are open to working with someone that is not local to Fayetteville, I completed a 1031 exchange in 2018 using @Dave Foster as my QI. 

Its also important that they allow hands on client relationships, and allow a vision to be created collaboratively. 

“FREEhabbing” for Profit If your intention is to complete a rehab, but you lack adequate funds, collaborate with a contractor.

I'm barely touching ground here in Christchurch my home town but am happy to collaborate with you as I progress. 

Dave Foster, will a 1031 exchange work the opposite way as well?

Or doing 100 deals collaboratively and only keeping half?

Wow.....Long & Foster, the 3rd largest brokerage in America was just acquired by Berkshire Hathaway/Home Services of America, the 2nd largest brokerage.

So he answered himself, saying "Yes, it's exactly what you think; licensed NJ Real Estate Salespersons."  ...After pausing dramatically, he continued with, "So when your father was selling his house when you were 12 years old, and you obviously had no ownership of the home, but YOU answered the phone and told someone it was 3 bedrooms 2 bathrooms and that he wanted $500,000 for it, you already broke the first rule of real estate by fostering the sale of a property that you do not own.