This would be used to facilitate any investments that I may be interested in and allow me better access to the marketplace.

Well done Jay, Cam, your conflict of interest question......the listing agent becomes a transactional broker or acts in a similar capacity, they facilitate the transaction but only represent the seller.

Do you mean facilitating the transaction or actually purchasing one?

Does anyone know of a good attorney to help facilitate a 1031 in the Grand Rapids or Kalamazoo, Michigan area?

I almost forgot...if it is non-streamline (>$35,000 in repairs) you will likely need to pay for a 203k "facilitator" as well to help manage the process due to increased complexity.

If I bought the second then I would not want to forclose on them, but just discharge the debt to facilitate the purchase.Wouldn't the 1st object if I raise my offer to cover the increase to the 2nd? 

Finance is not part of real estate, financing facilitates doing real estate, they are two different worlds.

Next, he's still facilitating a sale, so long as the lender knows the use of funds and he can pull it off, fine, but it's probably something the lender would suggest not doing.If he takes no security interest in the property, you default, he's on the hook and the property can got to foreclosure if the lender accepted the collateral.

I don't recommend offering seller financing to facilitate the sale either.  

Will, then you have done all you can to facilitate the deal.She may not want to sell anymore,or she may be struggling with priorities,or she got a better offer and is hoping to work that one out before telling you.Best to move on after you did all you could.