You and this tenant have definitely started off wrong and functioned poorly for 3 years.Get your own tenant and reclaim your profits.Then see if there is a Landlord Association in your area that you can join and start attending local meetings to get local support and information.We want to see you successful!

Be sute all syatems are FunctIonIng Correctly - Before- You Sign On A Tenant

Watch that the violations you cite in the eviction have to do with the drug use and unauthorized new tenants living there and not due to thespian concerns .c and d class neighborhoods are great places to make cash flow but unfortunately the tenants are usually low functioning “ unIque “ people and I can say that because that’s where I invest

Personally, I'd have to have a real good reason to rip up a functional stone floor.

Add to this the uniquely corrupt bureaucratic environment of Baltimore City, Maryland (where I grew up)--and its creaky, barely functioning housing-voucher machinery. 

I went as far to ask for video that day of product functioning.     

Landlord's decisions to go with a broker or to handle the leasing in-house is often a function of how much time you have to allocate towards leasing it yourself.

There are lots and lots of information and posts about 1031 exchanges here on the forums.I'd suggest the search function and the 1031 sub-forum and you'll find endless reading/education.

Any design/functional suggestions would be much appreciated!

You could check your county auditor's website for a property search function.