That needs to happen naturally by allowing people to see you all over the site and know what you do by answering questions on your field.Good luck to you and remember that you get out what you put in.

I have been a natural gas broker for 23 years but come from a family of "investors" and I have also invested but I have very limited experience.

Start going to multiple real estate events until it becomes 2nd nature and enjoyable.

Dave, as always, your expertise in these matters is made apparent in the way you are able to explain things for neophytes like me to understand.As a follow-up question, for the remaining 150K that is being placed in a DST to avoid boot, is it the zero-coupon nature of the DST that is making the difference? 

In other words, I really do not pay any taxes on the "dividends" extracted.

Rather, by definition a like-kind real property exchange involves a trade of real properties within the United States that are the same in nature or character, even if they have different qualities.

Right now we pay no mortgage or rent so while I want badly to relocate, I feel that I need to extract the potential from my current situation over the course of 5 ish years, but the faster the better.  

Do you feel sight unseen offers are a natural progression to stay competitive and buy houses efficiently, or do you only offer on properties you've walked and reviewed in person?

Also, I would suggest trying to extract the info via a less formal call rather than sending a survey.

Diversify,GrantIt seems like once a person gets started they naturally branch out.