In general, the major brokerages are somewhat greedy and they would prefer to keep both sides of the commission "in house", so before any new listing is posted to a site like LoopNet, Costar or Crexi, it is passed internally to every other broker in the office and then within the intranet for that company, to see if anyone has a party to do the deal with.

It seems like a lot of folks use Podio, but I'm thinking about just making a Google Sheet with contact info and using Evernote to keep notes about meetings for active projects.

So here's what it looks like broken down.

thanks @Greg M.that sounds like a nightmare but how am I not surprised.  

I don't venture outside of the OKC Metro much but it looks like overall rents have been up for you. 

Purchasing the replacement property through an LLC with someone else would likely disqualify the exchange because the taxpayer on the title would be different.

In this market, RE investing is likely a long term strategy.  

This includes things like cutting down the grass and installing a drain in the basement.

It's likely more expensive.

i was exploring and saw some of the neighborhoods in kyle, Tx has school ratings like 8 and brand new houses in the range of 300K with potential rents at $2200 per month so overall making them cash flow positive. however, i am not sure why Kyle is a popular place. it is mid way between austin and san antonio but that does not seem to be a strong enough reason.