The 1031 can only be used with property you have purchased with the intent of holding for productive use. 

See I thought that initially but later my thoughts on his intent changed.

It helps to have a multi-pronged approach with facebook ads and direct mail for brand awareness, helpful website content for trust building, retargeting ads and more direct mail for staying top of mind, and google ads for high intent keywords when they're ready for a solution to their problem.  

Our intent is to provide valued services to our short term tenants who are typically flying in.   

But even with that said, we also recognize every investor has their own tastes, desires, goals, intent and financial means of investing. 

Intentionally killing the deal would make them look horrible to the REO seller and may get them fired.

I just didn't post it.We are all well intentioned.

I understand that this is an important factor for some investors - but for a long-term investment that I purchase with the full intention of holding for 30 years, I guess I'm just not as concerned with the ability to liquidate my property in the next 12 months.  

You can also learn a lot from being so called "passive" by being intentional about it.  

If those intentions change, it is entirely within your rights to change the plan and no one will track you down, etc...