I need some advise - I am currently in transaction (all contingencies removed) for a property.

Some Realtors avoid buy owners because it's more work to guide the transaction through.  

The ultimate payor in any real estate secured transaction is real estate.

That's a long time between transactions for a Realtor. 

When you work in price points under $200k, you may need to be closer to 65% and deals over $300k can easily be profitable flips with 75% or even 80% depending on the details of that particular transaction.

I had no idea that PA doesn't recognize the 1031 transactions.

If you're using transactional funding, have paperwork correct and complete and have your transactions organized, it shouldn't be too much of a hassle to find a title company to work with.  

Thank you for sharing your experience and I hope your transaction was not impacted.

In case helpful, although I'm only in SFRs now, I did join LUI's preferred program to get the education, to see transactions done, to possibly invest passively with some lead investors and to eventually get my own apartment complex. 

Account Closed  yes you do have to work under a managing broker, but many brokerages are set up so the the agents are essentially in business for themselves as independent contractors, responsible for getting their own clients and handling all the details of their transactions.