Moving on was tough, but helping him make peace with that was main part of the negotiation process no one else touched on.

With some of the new properties they find they are getting great interest rate buydowns from builders. with equity of 1.2M you have many options on where to move. 

Exactly 1 year later my first tenant moved his family in where his kids and dog can play in the massive yard while raising 2 cows in the barn.

My boyfriend and I plan to move to Carbondale, Illinois at the beginning of next year.

@Kyle Knudsen  I agree with Denver, with a 1031 you must move all the proceeds to a new "like kind" property. 

Then moved to BeyondPricing and settled with PriceLabs.

Pay them an agreed upon amount and they break the lease and move out.

I was forced to buy my first house because my roommate moved out and I couldn't afford to live alone.

There is only a $3 difference increase to move to RentRedi, but the customer service is amazing.

Your tenants obligation was to pay you on Jan 1, so it doesn't matter if they paid someone else they still owe you...obviously details re: notice and dates all come into play here and from a practical perspective I'd work with the tenant and not move to evict over this.