The west has far more democracies, better ability to depose of leaders, less dictators, more equal rights, greater transparency, more accessible property rights that are enforced in courts, more trustworthy banking systems. . .

Quote from @Zachary Gray: I think the value would be to identify your strengthsoperating, underwriting, administrative, analytics, etcthen search for areas where you may be weaker such as deal finders, people with access to capital and opt to partner.

Provides “proof” of funds but the account is a corporate retirement plan that the buyer can not access without quitting his job or paying huge taxes, penalties and fees 6.

(to prevent excess costs) We don’t have access to WiFi in those units.

- Can their system adopt special instructions like, where techs can access a master key to enter an apartment?

If you want to make improvements on the replacement property you will need to either have the cash set aside to make the improvements, or after you complete your exchange immediately do a cash out refi one of the properties to access some cash. 

Up front fees of about $8k seemed worth the investment to have access to $200k at my fingertips.  

Make sure it is somewhere easily accessible that doesn’t require any tools to turn off.  

Paid cash for the purchase, and then financed into a HELOC to pull most of my funds back out and have access to the remainder if needed.

Consider all the things that could go wrong and see if the lease addresses them: unauthorized pets or tenants, early termination, security deposit, lease violations, late rent, eviction, lawn maintenance, parking, etc.5.