I'm in the Triangle Area and I'm new to RE Investing myself.

- Commit to becoming more involved on bigger pockets, by posting commenting on other posts and learning as much as possible in my spare time from this incredible free resource (9:35 PM 3/5/13)- Speak with a project manager I work with who currently has at numerous rental properties that I know of outside of work. (1 week goal)- Creating a basic business plan.

Holding Guidelines for 1031 Exchange Properties While the Department of the Treasury Regulations and numerous rulings make it very clear that you must have the intent to hold your 1031 Exchange property for rental, investment or use in your trade or business, they fail to define exactly how long or over what period of time you need to hold your relinquished properties or replacement properties in order to qualify for a 1031 Exchange pursuant to Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 1.1031 of the Treasury Regulations.Property Purchased Just Prior to 1031 Exchange The Internal Revenue Service has routinely taken the position if you purchased your relinquished property just prior to your 1031 Exchange transaction that you have actually purchased and are holding the property for sale (inventory) rather than holding it for rental or investment.

1)It’s a small town and with a little more homework I had numerous business associates (including my accountant) vouch for the integrity of the other two parties.

I have completed numerous deals involving these entities and the issue of spousal signature has only come up in these very limited circumstances.If there is some other information you have not shared such as a divorce lawsuit on the docket then all bets are off and the title companies have every reason to protect themselves from lawsuit in defense of title.

I have to imagine that the city misses out on getting rid of numerous abandoned properties due to this rule.

I've not been able to validate this piece of information, but it sounds valid.You probably already know that: Habitat for Humanity and their partner families have rebuilt numerous houses, with about five planned every year- one of my friends from Boy Scouts from the Bronx is a team member .  

There are numerous meet ups you can attend in the valley.After networking I would say find deals ie.....

You are apparently good at doing your research, trust it, and your gut, no matter the seasoning of an investor that wants to "help" get you a good deal.If I had not done my own analysis, and had agreed to some "great deals" from a very "seasoned" local investor, who "befriended" me, I would have got stuck with numerous properties that I could not have sold retail, and I would been stuck with rentals with terrible loans, in a business model I had no interest in.Sometimes a lot of seasoning just covers up bad meat.

There are numerous ways to write them - you can google and see a ton.