And just an aside if your property is vacant more than 60 days make sure you check your insurance policy you may not be covered many policy lapse on day 61... make that call you will be glad you did.I have had numerous discussions with investors since I started funding this stuff in 2002 that lost the entire investment because they did not read their insurance policy.. and if learned it the hard way my self it happened to me personally. 

I'd like to ask a good 1031 expert to see if they have run into anything like this before not only knowing the 1031 side of things but also the business structure element. 

However, the association will usually take care of common grounds maintenance/landscaping and limited common elements like fencing and some porches or patios. 

@Jeremiah Fender  I don't expect our interest to align or be on the same page your in AG and I am a developer  LOL... and in your imediate area the state does allow larger projects. but over in the Willamette valley its tough.And then you have what happened in Washington county... the County and metro works 6 years on the new UGB and rural reserves... it gets appealed and the appeal is up held throwing 6 years of work by numerous agencies out the window.. and in a still to be unbelievable series of events the country Metro state and Governor in 2 weeks formulate and implement ( the Grand Bargain) and through out all of the planning that was done for 6 years redraw all the lines ..

The case should have been dismissed at the moment for the plaintiff’s inability to produce a witness, a verifiable signed complaint, or an injured party, all elements that are required to deem this a crime (Corpus Delicti).

It's a foundational  element to helping you understand the discussion in the forums, if nothing else.  

I have, however, successfully defended numerous clients and protected their assets in entities--even when the mortgage was in their name.

Joe, I'm not sure the 1031 exchange section of the blog is the right spot for these questions (I could be wrong).Also I don't have any direct answers to your questions as I am in the middle of figuring the same thing out myself.However, Clint Coons had a great presentation at the Summit regarding Asset protection in which he covered numerous ways to set up your entities as well as the benefits/drawbacks of each.I would recommend checking out his blog for some direction.

We built a local software to bring in that vendor element & paperless process to landlords/PMs here in the Twin Cities.

I have heard numerous instances where politicians and economists have stated that it is a consumer economy and consumers need to go spend.