I've been working with a firm that offers legal services to real estate investors for close to a year now and have slowly become a convert to the idea of real estate, looking to dive in personally and build up a portfolio over the next several years (I am living in northern Minnesota.)Other than second-hand experience I don't know anything about real estate.

I suggest you go back to him asking about legal fee dollar numbers.You need also to specify the capital gain number.

I am having trouble finding info online (everything is tenant favored!!)

I have several tenants requesting the option to pay online rather than sending in or bringing money orders, checks, cash etc. to the office. 

A 1031 is very easy to understand and most can be found online for free or through a phone call to your accountant or a friend who's an accountant. 

If you choose to do business in a state without an entity, such as an LLC C-Corp, or Limited Partnership,then you’re doing business as a sole proprietor and are given no (legal) protections if something goes wrong.  

Easily verifiable via my online calendars.

I personally have used online landlord tools like cozy.co for screening tenants and collecting applications.

I would suggest looking through the SBA website for more information and always check the credentials of someone claiming to be a licensed real estate agent or broker online in the state website where they claim license.  

Is there a way to look this up online?