Are you wanting students that are aging out of foster care or people with mental health issues or seniors or... there are lots of options but I’d be nervous about why it’s vacant and being foreclosed.

Anything less than that could be taxable I believe.Not 100 percent sure so I’m tagging Dave Foster who is a 1031 expert

With equity investors, its a bit different as those are longer term relationships that I want to foster...so again I yield to their desires (within reason)...even in cases where the smart financial move (for that deal) would be to buy them out as early as is feasible....I will let them play longer (and make more money) and then buy them out when I know I have the next deal on deck. 

Hello @Will Foster  congrats on your loan approval.  

Perhaps 1031 expert can help you out: @Dave Foster can you please chime in.

Nope... but @Brendon Foster does.

Not to say each brokerage doesn’t have its own culture but do you want to be the newest agent in a building full of agents who all focus on investors or do you want to be the agent doing something  mostly different from the rest by getting your BiggerPockets PhD and being the innovator of your brokerage.All that aside, check out meet ups and meet people in your area that are doing what you want to do.

@Dave Foster nice to find a 1031 exchange expert on these forums! 

So far, looks like you guys are pretty innovative!

x2 on what @Dave Foster said.