Ensure you work with a team that is familiar with them (accountants / lawyers).A 1031 exchange is a way for real estate investors to defer paying taxes on the sale of investment property.

Quote from @Bryce Cover: if you aren't getting licensed yourself, are most of you leveraging realtors for your transactions, lawyers, or representing yourselves in these transactions?

I would recommend hiring a lawyer for a non-monetary default eviction.

in our area that is a real big deal.. we did another demo and left a few pieces of flooring an inspector came on our job determined they had asbestos in them and we violated taking asbestos items to the regular land fill.. that cost me 19k in fines and 18k in lawyer fees to keep the fines from being really big..

All the best ones I know are full and not taking new clients.I would encourage you to hit this one hard because they get very busy in a month and they have little to no time for anything other than servicing clients after the Holidays, until May.Real estate lawyer - I use and recommend @Brad Schaeppi.

As always, speak to a lawyer. 

Lot less multifamily which is why I haven't bought but it is where I grew up.Make sure you study the eviction laws, I believe tioga County (but could be a different close county im not sure) my lawyer told me that you now HAVE to pay to pack up an evicted tenant professionally and store it for months at your own cost if they leave their stuff behind.

Lawyer’s wet dream. 

As you said, they can’t make him sign the release.someday they’ll fix this issue but until then you need a lawyer, or a new lender, or the seller needs a buyer.Consider this a 2 on a scale of 1-10 for real estate problems.

Is this something I should hire a lawyer/other professional for or can I just do it myself?