I've seen people in my market lock thinks up at fairly ridiculous prices, cancel 90% of the time, and that 10% of the time make a small finder's fee. 

And just in case you think I'm picking in you unfairly, I'll mention the truly ridiculous requirements necessary to become a home improvement contractor like me -- no competency test or exam, have a general liability policy, good to go!

You're right that if people know you are under the gun, they'll ask ridiculous prices, which will negate any advantages to a 1031.If I was selling a SFH to fund a purchase, I would try to avoid the normal time constraints of a 1031.

It's ridiculous low for 2nd position.

I grew up in California and lived all over the state until I got tired of the ridiculous taxes and moved up to Washington.

I think it is ridiculous to pay a professional to take pics for you, unless you have very high end units.

I had plenty of student loan debt from law school, but I managed to pay off the private loans (ridiculous interest rates of 10-12%), and it helped me build my credit.

The banks love to lend to people who do not need their funds and even then the paperwork is ridiculous and the time one must wait for a decision makes many investments (especially great real estate deals) impossible. 

Even though I've been doing this for years, with highly positive results, I feel that no one else I know is doing this and am beginning to get frustrated because I see such incredibly obvious, easy, ridiculously high value rewards to doing this for such a low effort! 

I just applied for a HELOC at a major US bank and it turned out they can only offer me a ridiculously low 20% LTV...Here is my situation:1.