I'm selling my home and doing a 1031 exchange, and am filing a California Form 593-E (Real Estate Withholding -- Computation of Gain or Loss).

@Natalie Kolodij did a good job for me and was reasonable pricing wise. 

I am just starting out and my research indicates the syndication will create a LLC so there does not seem to be a need for me to create one. 

LOL.. we had a rep.Although I will say in some areas of the country and this could be yours.. that there simply is no new construction so the inventory is the inventory and you do have supply demand issues and the only real new supply comes form older folks moving on and their house turns from owner occ to an investment home.. or burnt out landlord.. 

Tracking the development of the relationships with potential investors may become a cumbersome task - and the burden of proof is placed upon the syndicator to prove that the pre-existing relationship was formed at the time a potential investor was provided a 506(b) deal package.

They did not provide 1099 tax forms for some of our properties either.

Thanks @Christopher Winkler that's the picture that was slowly forming in my head but that last part about signing a quit claim deed in advance was the missing piece.

I am a addict when it comes to deals and look several times a day in my local market and missed some great deals how ever in my market I would suggest a duplex because in my city everyone works at the heart of it and the land here is just used up so its prime rentals either way I go home value has shot up as there is just no more land to build on unless you go out of town so SFH are overly priced so its a ruff cash flow, for me   I will be doing a duplex for following reasons 1 more doors = more safety if a moves out b is still helping to cover my payment 2 its still 1 roof 3 I control the value of said property if I really make it diamonds = raising the rent to the cap it controls the value of said property.

Would it make sense for me to primarily act as a selling agent which means less time spent compared to showing buyers multiple homes?

I understand that the website does all the calculations for me, but being an engineer I typically learn better through actually messing with equations, seeing where they're derived from and applying them myself.