If that's not you then you're not doing a 1031.But the good news is that you may not need a 1031 if you do some math with your accountant (They've already got the depreciation tables done.  

The good news is that you already own the land and are making at least a decent return.

I have received a letter from a Nigerian Prince which would like to deposit his family fortune I to my account to get it out of the country.

As others said it: it's best if you have a no smoking clause in your lease agreement and you screen tenants as well.Some resources:http://makesmokinghistory.org/smoke-free-environme...http://www.mass.gov/courts/case-legal-res/law-lib/...And I know this is just a news site, so it's not "legal" but good info that can be researched further: http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2016/11/ren...Point is that make sure your tenant knows that you don't allow them smoking on the premises and yes, you can do that legally. 

I just received this email from my lender related to a recent effort to re-fi a small multifamily:I just got some news from Underwriting.

This is not a news article.  

@John Thedford Below is the link to the article from realtor.com talking about the markets, as well as an article from Arizona Public Media giving some insight from Jonathan Smoke Chief Economist at Realtor.com discussing the price appreciation Original Articlehttp://www.realtor.com/news/trends/top-real-estate...  

Internet news is that GM will be closing four plants in MI in 2017 and layoff ~1700 employees, so maybe this is not quite the right time just yet.Don't mean to throw cold water on Detroit but IMO, it's much like waiting for the popcorn to start popping - - it takes awhile.

It cost $45.00 a special Christmas rate open bar and food, the price is usally $20.00 but for 2 deals the cost is not relavent the good news is we stand to make 50k on our share from both of these deal..... you can't loose.Jim

Good news, values rising-  Bad news, expensive to start out!