As my old granpappy would have said - 1031 exchanges are going 2 miles deep in a two foot wide creek. 

Look at all that has happened in the past twelve months; over a half million people have died, millions more sickened, over ten million workers still out of work, and our economy struggling to gain its footing.

Sometimes you have to put your foot down and level with the individual. 

He got a foot-wide strip of land.

I've also been looking at prop stream as well to do due diligence about a property as well as have a foot on the ground out there (in Florida) to see what the actual address looks like in real time.

Construction cost for those was $246/ finished square foot, which is actually a little less than the median new construction cost for the area ($253/ finished square foot on comparable builds).

Avg Square foot is 459$- 500$ in that area.

Both places are tri plexes.The catch is one house is 2.9 times larger in square foot than the other but it's only about 15% more expensive.

Any advice from commercial real estate folks and how I can get my foot in the door? 

You guys are starting on the right foot.