Reverse 1031 Exchanges are more complicated because the Qualified Intermediary must acquire and hold or "park" legal title to either your replacement property or your relinquished property depending on which structure works best for you.However, they work great in markets like we have today because you can take all the time you want to find suitable replacement properties, acquire them via the Qualified Intermediary, and then focus on selling your existing relinquished property.

so i had a detailed respose type out until my page refreshed and i lost it all....anyway to answer your first question the capital comes from institutional sources such as pension funds, private equity funds, hedge funds (sometimes), life insurance companies, and other developers.to get access to this capital you typically work with a financial intermediary such as Northmarq Capital, HFF, Eastdil, ect.

You can receive a fee for your involvement in the transaction and you can call yourself what ever they heck you want, broker, intermediary, consultant, etc, etc, etc.

In other words, a portion of the acquisition would be allocated to the Forward 1031 Exchange, which you would take title to, and the balance of the acquisition would be acquired and held by the Qualified Intermediary.

You do not find someone wanting to swap, but find your own properties and use a third party intermediary.

(if you look at the public comments in the ruling section you'll see all the controversy slowing down adoption of Title III).http://www.sec.gov/News/PressRelease/Detail/PressR...Crowdfunding PlatformsOne of the key investor protections Title III of the JOBS Act provides for crowdfunding is the requirement that crowdfunding transactions take place through an SEC-registered intermediary, either a broker-dealer or a funding portal.

But don't forget that you must use a qualified intermediary to process the 1031 portion of the transaction. 

Does anyone know of some resources that teach or train someone how to be a Qualified Intermediary?

Have you heard of a qualified intermediary (QI)?

Side note - also make sure you do your due diligence and hire a reputable 1031 exchange intermediary.