Ideally 3-6 months is the best comparable but if nothing has sold in your area for that long, you can obviously look further back.

In my particular situation, I could lose 58% of my income and I would still be able to service my total expenses.

There are no true "legal fees" so to speak.So total cost including facilitation and reporting of a 1031 exchange - around $1,000. 

I'm not above any task, although obviously there are things I would prefer not to do. 

Because obviously if the price drops, then the seller loses out and buyer favored.

The only reason I haven't started to build a team yet is because I obviously need to settle on a market first.

Once you sell the property, you have 45 days (out of the total 180 days) to identify a property (i.e. get under contract) and than another 135 days to close the sale, which get's you to the total of 180 days. 

Our experience has been that If you have a team and a plan for contingencies, it's totally doable and profitable.

It’s not a total loss if you do have to get it.

Would totally be down for this being a monthly thing.