@Jennifer Burgener There’s really no reason to stay local with a 1031 company unless it’s just personal preference.

It's harder to give you an accuracy rating of those numbers, because a lot of the numbers you call will go straight to VM, so you don't know for sure if it's the right person. 

I Invest here and surrounding areas and also in Florida, but none of them perform as well as Lackawanna County.I'm AWFUL at checking BP regularly (hence while I'm just seeing this, I'm so sorry!)

To be honest I do not send out a lot of letters and do not mass send things out so maybe I'm the wrong person to listen to.

The borrower is not personally liable for the loan, and the lender cannot seek additional repayment beyond the collateral.Since the borrower is not personally liable, they can choose to make larger or additional payments to pay down the loan faster if they wish.

Personally, I've been in the mobile home investing business since 2007.

You seem to really the ticker "O"....I just picked it because it's a pretty popular well performing REIT.

And 1031-ing small deals is really a fools errand: the only person making money is your real estate agent.

And while grabbing an owner-occupied loan is typically a non-starter in a standard 1031 transaction, this is a mixed use property that does include a personal residence portion. 

Also, try to see if the lender will allow to buy under LLC for better assset protection; by doing personal gurantee.