I realize I would probably need to speak to a CPA and other resources.

I've come to realize I want more for my family and myself.

Consistency is key to success, but sometimes it takes a little 'doing' to realize what is or isn't fit for your personality.You'll meet successful agents with vastly different lead gen methods and strategies and the risk is to get 'shiny object syndrome' trying to do too many things at once every time you meet a new rock star agent with a different approach.

You guys made me realize that if I want to test it out that is fine but that I need to set an exact date to hand it over so that I don't get caught up in it. 

You realize you’re on the STR board right?

., you realize we are probably at the TOP of the RE cycle?  

If you aren't careful you'll spend months posting on BP before you realize you still haven't done a deal.

So, if you later sell the property you purchased via the 1031 exchange, you will have to pay the gain from the original property, plus any additional gains realized on the new property.

Having come up in this business with no help and no one around me to get advice from, I truly realize how important it is to have someone to bounce things off to when you need to.

If you get the house under contract, send someone to look at it, then realize the repairs are much more hefty than the seller claimed and you can't make a profit, you can go back and renegotiate the price within that inspection period.