That cycle is come back full swing.

So as long as you buy it with the intent to use for productive use in business trade or for investment it will qualify.  

We learned a whole lot about the process, and wouldn't trade the experience for any other kind of learning.

It is a lot easier to find someone who can plug right in (or to plug into another company and trade data) if you are using the same technology.

I have no one I can accurately talk to this about in person because no one I know is a REI, and they say "take advice only from someone you would trade places with."

Then when he was traded to the Rams he bought another home to live in and a condo for an investment to rent/lease which he as been successfully doing since he purchased. 

The trade off was the rate of 9.5. 

In exchange for your advice and wisdom I am willing to trade my labor.

Section 1031 you are correct in identifying "inventory or stock/trade" not allowing you to treat homes as commodities BUT depending on your time allocated for each home and if you source renters for the properties before you sell them than it is a different discussion.

They do boast an excellent school district along with very high taxes so it's a trade off that I would never entertain.