If anyone tells you they have never made mistakes or had challenges to overcome they are lying.

I am intensely fascinated by the market and the fact that this investment provides tangible and human links that are unique to this field (which I'll bet for many has had both positive and negative implications!).

As it seems clear you will be using financing your short time frame to move into an apartment building via 1031 exchange seems aggressive Trading in depreciated assets can be a challenging task, I am sure you can find much more information on 1031's within the site.

What are the challenges a.k.a opportunities for innovative solutions, that you've found thus far in the NJ territory?

Might be unique to my area but probably not.

I've bought a couple dozen, but it is just like buying on the courthouse steps, along with all of the challenges and all of the same risks.

It's more challenging in recent years with much stricter regs on seller financing.

He knew I knew what I was doing, but more importantly, knew I had the unique ability to teach the information in a way that it could understood.

Anyone ever face this unique situation before?

The problem you're experiencing isn't unique to the Bay Area.