Last week I closed on the sale of a rural 40 acre piece that I owned outright and have the money in a 1031 exchange. 

Seems like it was a situation where there was an unspoken agreement between the current owner and the tenants that he wouldn't fix anything...oh y'all, SO much deferred maintenance...in exchange for them getting crazy cheap rent and not asking for anything. 

Consequently, unimproved land can be exchanged for an apartment house and vice-versa. 

Maybe we can get coffee sometime and talk shop/exchange ideas?

My circumstances have changed since going under contract, and I would like do a 1031 exchange.

Not real estate specific, but that opened my mind to the idea that you don't have to conform to societal normals (like working 9-5, exchanging time for money, etc...)

I'm wondering if there are other options to avoid capital gains (other than the 1031 exchange).First question is what defines if a property is investment or primary?

If not, it won't qualify for 1031 Exchange treatment.

We've exchanged messages. 

Then after the hole is excavated, they'd need to come back again and precisely mark the foundation corners inside of the excavation hole.