However, she is insisting on dual agency for liability purposes. 

I recently paid a local Harvard-educated attorney under $2200 to set up a trust for estate planning purposes. 

I know WF isn't that good in general but wow this is nuts.In mortgage terms you can be charge a late fee but for purposes of fico scores 30 day lates is the standard.I hope this helps and have a great day.

If you search the forums here on BP, you will find older posts of mine on how to use variable rate financing and hedge interest rate changes yourself, rather than pay the lender to do it for you through the higher interest of a fixed-rate mortgage.Finally, interest paid on financing a rental property is a business expense and can be deducted from revenues for taxation purposes.  

For accounting purposes, there is a lot of paper work to be done, as you need to provide reports and statements,etc.

I chose a market that is way less volatile than Southern California on purpose.  

I'm trying to think through if there's an option....My thoughts is if she sells a house worth $300kBuys a 4 plex of equal sized units worth $400k ....and 1/4th of it is basically ignored for the 1031 purpose....Maybe she takes boot on the value of that one unit? 

After taking your advice and doing some more research, it looks like my county revalues property for tax purposes every 4 years. 

I am in the starting process of finding my first property for the purpose of holding.

If the borrower writes a nasty letter and disputes the value and threatens 18 different kinds of repercussions, but does not identify a referee, that does not qualify as a legally valid dispute for purposes of redemption.Once the borrower names his referee, the current owner has 10 calendar days to name his own referee.