The paperwork is very time sensitive where you need to specific the property you are replacing within tight time frames and close on that property within another time time frame.Your first question to find an answer to from a 1031 company is to see if you can still 1031 the proceeds of this first sale, now that it's already done and hte money has been distributed to you.Hope you can find a way! 

I built the duplex and got married and cash got tight for a couple months.

Inventory is tight on the south side so I definitely see it moving to that area.

I'm guessing here but if I'm off hang tight just for conceptual reasons. 

Lots of investors are very tight on the numbers, which is apropos.

It’s certainly a tight knit community and I’d imagine to do any business over there you’d likely need to have some connections.

I would make a very tight buy box for your self and what you would flip, and if something isn't in that box, then just wholesale it.

The main challenge right now is financing...the apartment lenders want certainty of multifamily zoning and the hotel lenders are tight...need relationships to get deals done.

Here in LA, the spreads sometimes can be tight and the killer is hold time.

A teardown New build is the best scenario, this will create a modern open flor plan and added square footage, but finding a lender that will work with me is not easy for 2 reasons, lack of new build experience(none) and the numbers are a little tight.