I learned so much from @wes @Wes Emert and now with multiple properties, rehab, rented, Flipped and wholesaled, I do my own walk through inspection and offer on properties as-is, where-is without a formal inspection.  

If you have a hot market and multiple qualified applicants, there is no reason to consider paying an agent.

Many asset protection devices popular at any given time fail when tested in the real world.

All depends on multiple factors.

I recommend that you run test ads in the major paper and on Craigslist at your desired monthly lot rent to determine if there’s interest.  

We ended up with multiple offers.

To not trust contractors even if family ( I was burned on multiple occasions).

@Corinna Gossner Any tax paying entity - corporation, partnership, trust, LLC or single or multiple tenants can do 1031 exchanges. 

Yes multiple

Being a general contractor and an experienced investor I see stuff from multiple angles and the key component of what you said was he is selling this property in the winter and that's exactly for a reason I've seen this happen many many times.