Since the Internet is flooded with trash information, AI absorbs it and produces its conclusions accordingly.

You could get workers for USD $3 per day to cut brush.Local produce is relatively cheap. 

It would still be based on the revenue it produces.

Rent ready in leveraged RE in this market does not produce returns that meet my expectations of return for my effort. 

It seems to be a great cash-producing asset. 

You can make checking accounts for the deposits but I prefer Savings accounts because it produces more interest that the landlord can keep here in NC ;)

This amounts to lost opportunity because if you had purchased RE, at the closing it can start producing return. 5) ADUs detract from the existing structure whether this is privacy, a garage, or just yard space. 6) this is related to number 1, but there are many more buyers looking to purchase homes for their family than there are RE investors looking to purchase small unit count properties.

Add prop tax, insurance, general maintenance/cap ex, P&I, misc and I do not see how any realistic underwriting can show this unit producing an acceptable return.  

“Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon, in the sense that it is and can be produced only by a more rapid increase in the quantity of money than in output.” - Milton FriedmanAgreed Russel. 

One idea is to proceed with the 1031x, save on the capital gains, parlay your proceeds into income-producing properties, and capitalize on the low-interest rate offered by these operators.