Additionally, any instrument that “terminates the contract” must also be recorded.You may be subject to punitive fees.... 

The Mortgage or Deed of Trust is the security instrument that collateralizes the property and gives the lender the ability to foreclose.

This is what I use when I'm doing plumbing:https://www.homedepot.com/p/Winters-Instruments-PETG-Series-2-in-Gas-Test-Pressure-Gauge-with-Test-Valve-Adapts-to-3-4-in-FNPT-and-Range-of-0-60-psi-kPa-PETG203/305046987Then an adapter to go from the threaded to a hose connector. 

Is there a trustee named in the instrument? 

While this isn't my last deal, BP and this community has been instrumental on helping me with tips and tricks along the way.

A lease agreement isn't a financing instrument so an RMLO isn't necessary. :)

So if there's nothing else in your area you like . and there's nothing out of area you are comfortable then the 1031 option really becomes between some passive instrument and what you've got. 

Debt is just an instrument. 

Another twist on #2 that a lot of my clients have chosen is to purchase replacement properties for cash and place the debt into passive instruments like DSTs that carry debt requirements.  4.

I would say that all of us in here have read at least 1 of those books in the past and it has been instrumental in shaping our journey.