. - The exchange rate is bad for Canadians which some people point out if you repatriate the income from US it will be gobbled up by the FX people here in Canada and may benefit CRA and IRS which im also trying to sort out how. 

Such a house will probably rent for $1800, so if I put all the equity into such an exchange I'd end up with a cash flow of ~$100/mo, and about 450 to principal.  

If I accept money today, one time cash payment, from a tenant as an option for that tenant to purchase a house from me at some future date, does accepting the option payment jeopardize my ability to sell the house to the tenant using a 1031 Exchange?

We are getting ready to list our property for sale in Grand Junction, Colorado and owner financing seems like a foreign idea to our realtor.

It would be easier if the house has been on the market for a while, and you offer a bit more than what others have been offering on the property in exchange for the potentially longer closing. 

I have met a person who I have exchanged contact information with, but I never asked what exactly what kind of business relationship that he was looking for.

You need to Foreign File the existing LLC in every state you wish to do business.

I wouldn't do anything on "her land",only if I owned it outright.She is obviously doing nothing with it and can't afford it so,she needs to sell it to you if she wants the taxes paid in full.Come up with some firm building plans and the financing to pay for it and then go to her and offer her a percentage of the profits till she dies in exchange for ownership now.With 25 acres,I would be building nice apartment buildings for that area and charging market rent.Dump the ball fields and other garbage and start with a full clean slate.

Hi, I got the bug of real estate investment 1.5 month ago. Since then I am not only trying to get as much educated as I can but also to try and understand the American market and how to determine in what sub-market to...

I've actually bonded with a bunch of other newbie investors as we exchange our horror stories/ mistakes.