Is there an office I can call that would give me a list of any permits that may have been pulled on a property that I am interested in buying?

My thinking is this...pull 35k out of my 401k, sell a car and pay off the rest and also pay off all credit debt to bring down DTI, Refi my home, use some of the money to do some upgrades, rent out and then doing it all over again.

On paper, does this look decent or should I pull out while I still have a chance? 

Paying cash for the 1st rental is key and it is great you have the equity from your primary to do this.So I spoke with one lender that deals with investment financing and this is the method.  1: buy house with cash2: remodel and improve with intention of buying into equity3: (this is the tricky part with time)  Wait 6 months (some make u wait 12mo)  and get reappraised with intention of financing for 70% the appraised equity.4: Use the 70% pulled from 1st home to buy your 2nd property.This method works better in flips because once the 1st home is sold you can do the method over agian.  

Find them through Google and meetup.comTo find out about local info go to loopnet search the area pull 5 property packages find the 5 pages in each that id why this is the best place on earth for real estate copy and paste into a word doc you now have 25 pages of good info these are your talking points.Paul

Rich dad poor dad is the book that pulled me into investing.

I'm sure, once my network is stronger, and find other people who understand what RE Investing is about, it would be easier to find others to partner with.Does anyone have any other suggestions, or have I exhausted my possibilities to pull this deal off?

I personally would not recommend a 32 unit as your first unless you have spent years learning the industry and are just finally pulling the trigger.  

I would write out the plans and then pull them out of the drawer if needed.

However, in any 1031 exchange, any cash pulled out of the transaction (known as "boot") is taxable.