The lender will use the original purchase price regardless of value (if the value is higher than your purchase price they will still use purchase price) After 6 months then you can use the actual value and not the purchase price.Good luck

I'm looking to 1031 my current SF rental as I have a buyer with an offer lined up.I am also interested in alternative lenders.

3) Should I get lending from a FL based lender or San Francisco Lender?

Getting someone else to give you there house so you can profit from it is a difficult task, but a couple points you can make to sellers, depending on their situation, to help them see your point of view and want to do the deal are:- Earn Hassle Free Profits- Get Multiple Pay Days- Sell your house with No Commissions- Rent your house Without being a LandlordThis all stems from the strategy of the Seller receiving an upfront Option Payment, Monthly Rent Payments to cover their PITI, and Profits when the property Sells.  

Lenders, title companies, inspectors, appraisals - they all work when you work your day job.

(The second story is another commercial space but is unoccupied.)I have been approached by the mortgagee (a private lender) to suggest a deal that would enable me to acquire the building.

Use a transactional lender to fund the deal. 

This was reported by the lender and the lender eventually fund the loan.

It may be difficult to find a lender for properties valued under $50,000.  

I like going to Reia meetings and asking for private lender money from their irasTerms 10 percent, paid in 4 months, for my fix and flips