I even get a tad emotional thinking about it because I just want the best for this person and I fully recognize that this can be life altering if handled correctly. 

Do you have any suggestions on how to get companies/investors to actually recognize me and actually let me help them out?

You can even get a mortgage on NNN leases as they are recognized as one form of real estate ownership. 

Income production is not a requirement to be eligible for 1031.Where you'll have issues is that Pennsylvania does not recognize the 1031 exchange for deferral of state taxes.  

Most interestingly, the title company had already said they were willing to "not recognize" that lien and said they would issue title insurance anyway.

Recently attended my first REIA meeting yesterday and was excited about hearing from the speaker and that I recognized a lot of the concepts from my 2 months of study. 

There are a few things you can do and know on the front end to help prepare. 1)Know how to read your loan documents. 2)Know the differences between Cash Trap, Cash Management, and Cash Sweep. 3)Know what a Trigger Event is, and if you have one written into your loan agreement. 4)Know how to efficiently request reserve disbursements.5)Make sure your lender is never holding more than they need to in escrow. 6)Have a system set up to monitor your lender and their obligations, in addition to your own.7)Know how to recognize and monitor risks based on how your loan agreement was written.8)Know when you need to hire an attorney, and when you don’t. 9)Know the difference between Property Management and Asset Management.Already experiencing some of these issues on a Loan?

Upon purchasing this property, I have a contingency that the city must recognize the house as a legal three family.

I'm not an anti-stock market guy by any means, but I recognize that attractive long-term returns in equities will include a lot of volatility along the way. 

We have a good half dozen really really big wholesale outfits here in town, locals will recognize the names.