In my state there were lawyers who did not specialize in 1031s and they wanted to charge me $3000!

That is part of the situation where house hacking isn’t exactly in the cards at the moment.

My state is relatively inexpensive in these matters and charges $102 annually for an “Annual Report” which is nothing more than paying to verify your contact information annually.

I know alot of people are charging 30-40 bucks a month around here and that covers the supplies to do the furnace and fridge filter but its still on the tenant to actually do the labor part.

This means they will have practically complete control over whom to rent, how much to rent for, and how much to charge for repairs, etc.

Fixed income, like lending, is not purely about yield from interest charged.

You want guests who you find elsewhere that see a decked out theme home and think it's the most unique thing ever, and don't know there are 5,000 others just like it charging less.

You are lucky, they tried charging 60,000 with one of my other clients. 

It is your property, take charge of it and get it rented or sell it.

What is your roof goes, a heating unit.... you're credit card debt could build up quick as a result of this putting yourself in a bad situation.