He has told me that as long as I do all the organizing and I dont get into anything too tricky (1031 exchanges, etc) he will continue to help me at no cost. 

While the global economy continues to view the U.S. as the leader in monetary exchange, there will be a desire to view the USD as a safety net.

(a) A real estate broker within the meaning of this Chapter is any person, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, or other business entity who for a compensation or valuable consideration or promise thereof lists or offers to list, sells or offers to sell, buys or offers to buy, auctions or offers to auction (specifically not including a mere crier of sales), or negotiates the purchase or sale or exchange of real estate, or who leases or offers to lease, or who sells or offers to sell leases of whatever character, or rents or offers to rent any real estate or the improvement thereon, for others.

I am in the middle of selling a single family home in California that I will 1031 into one or more properties in Springfield Illinois.  

He wanted to do a 1031 Exchange.... 

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@Lindsey Leavitt Few comments.Insurance is the transfer of risk to the insurance carrier in exchange for your $. 

;)An option to purchase is a contract whereby you are exchanging consideration for the option to buy the property at some point.

They've been my home/auto insurer for years, and came out cheapest for multiple policies.I've had several exchanges with the local agent.

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