Ensure it is clean and updated2.

Then we would be profiting a clean $2k a month from just this property alone and still have money for a down payment for a house hack. 

Tenant moves out, you spend $600 on cleaning and repairs, you file a claim, and Obligo pays you $600 in three business days.Here's the real good news: Obligo pays you every time.

Best,GZHello @Gabriel Zepeda,As @Andrew Abeyta correctly mentioned, there is not a direct and clean way to use 1031 exchanges to pay off debt on your existing portfolio.  1031s are great for lots of things, and they're really important to serious investors; however, they are not very useful as a tool for deleveraging. 

You discover his unauthorized dog trashed the carpet in the living room, destroyed a couple doors, and the entire place needs cleaning.

I've heard of mentees who started cleaning up construction areas on a flip at the end of each work day or picking up supplies at Home Depot and delivering them to the job site.

if it's a low rent area then clean it up and don't spend the extra money.

She treats the property horribly (I am constantly cleaning up her mess outside (dirty diapers, clothing etc.) her place every time I go to cut the lawn) and I have no option besides getting her out of the property (I have been way too lenient with her).I am looking to serve her a 30 day notice to terminate month to month tenancy but she still has not paid this months rent.

BP should definitely create a therapy group because I equally fall into that trap with some of our Chicago renovations...I went to a property to do a quick walkthrough check and then somehow I end up with a broom in my hand cleaning because messy job sites are my pet peeve.  

Many landlords love having an arbitrager using their property for the following reasons....So the home rents well, it's kept in perfect condition all the time.Professionally cleaned at least 4 times a month.So long as the property is over $150 a night, it's a proven fact that STR guests are much easier on the property the LTR tenants.