His advice is very well intended and as he says, you need to bring something to the table other than your willingness to be there and share the blessings and rewards with no risk or financial resources of your own.  

Instead of reducing the price receive the credit towards what I need to bring to the table. 

I sat at her kitchen table with a Ron LeGrand book on how to buy houses in foreclosure.

You will end up dealing with a dog and working for free trapped in a mountain of debt you cannot get under from.

Me and my fiance are planning to move east (Pocono Mountains, PA) for some awesome job opportunities and turn over our properties to a property manager here in the Dells.

That's a very interesting background to bring to the table.  

Most will have a chance to either have a vendor table or to introduce yourself. 2. 

If the investor continues to 1031 Exchange but pulls some cash out or trades down in value each time (taking some of their chips off the table so to speak), they do not get the big gotcha. 

I figure it's pretty much the same as wholesaler to wholesaler where both are bringing cash buyers to the table.

Obviously if you do not appraise, you will need to bring money to the table to cover the gap, this places you in an underwater situation, I would avoid this type of transaction.