I started doing project management and charging a fee for it in addition to my regular agent services because I just couldn't justify working for free for clients after the sale and they kept running into problems trying to manage the projects from abroad. 

Alternitavely there are many that work remotely with clients all over.

I welcome these conversations when my client is seeking a mortgage.I am not in the mortgage business, but I have learned over the years that lenders may add back certain deductions to arrive at the mortgage-qualifying income that he or she will use. 

Hey @Dori AraziI wouldn’t let yourself get discouraged just yet.While you’re totally right that you have a better shot of finding a unicorn than you do finding a 2% rent:value or 15-20% CAP in coastal SoCal - the market here is quite unique. 

I'm hoping to work with an agent who has experience with clients interested in investing in these types of properties and someone who can send email listings of possible deals.

the challenge of course is going to be to find the right replacements and fit into the identification calendar as well as the potential nightmare for funding approval given the moving pieces.If that proves daunting you could also think about buying one or two properties for cash and then refinancing them immediately after the 1031 to access the money for the next two.And yet another option that a lot of our clients are choosing these days is to separate the cash and debt as a form of defensive investing. 

While you are turning an existing building if it is not completely vacant there is at least some income coming in whereas ground up it takes cash,cash,cash and long times before the money comes in on larger projects.I have a client building a similar size in Salt Lake, Utah but again the higher end renters make the most sense for new builds.

Is this unique to my market or is this where we are with today's workforce?  

Every time we ask for some response from the opposing attorney, the attorney just says, "I'll talk to my clients", and that will be the end of that.  

Every time we ask for some response from the opposing attorney, the attorney just says, "I'll talk to my clients", and that will be the end of that.