I have been working with Prime Lending on a loan, and this is taking forever. 

These are hands-off, institutional grade real estate investments. 

Some will lend to corporations with less than 2 years of seasoning but most won't.

With more challenges to conventional lending, a lower median income than Anchorage, and a little uncertainty in terms of taxation, staying in a rental might have it's appeal for awhile.I remember the decline from the eighties, this is not the same story.  

You can try the private lending route but based on what you're saying you'd have to bring something good to the table for it to make sense for them

This might be a dumb question, but are there money lenders who will lend you money just so you can have a buy and hold property?  

Sendhil Krishnan:Unfortunately, you are in a situation which does not lend itself to taking advantage of the deferred tax provisions of Section 1031.  

Visio Lending and Peak Asset also do similar loans.

Curry cited reticence to invest in marketplace lending firms as a good example of the benefits of partnering “with traditional banking organizations,” which “may make more sense from a strategic standpoint.”

Next time around I want to be both active in the lending ,and buying side of things.