@Troy Scottaline Because I am in real estate I have helped numerous people get out of their jobs and into RE.

Doubling building setbacks in districts with numerous buildings recently built to the previous setback.6.

You're totally right, it's the same outcome numerically - my fear is that accepting a deducted rent that she demanded with no pushback sets a pretty bad precedent.

I want to raze the existing structure, subdivide the property into 2, and build a new duplex, which has been done to numerous properties in the neighborhood.

I would of course check with your CPA and Attorney's but to my knowledge, a 1031 cannot be used to purchase a primary residence.I have helped numerous clients in your exact situation where the question of whether to sell or keep, or flip comes into play, and it typically comes down to where is your money going the furthest! 

Nevertheless I've accepted numerous deed-in-lieu where I knew there was an underlying lien.

After seeing everyone's opinion I went back to educating myself more and spoke with numerous people that know more about real estate than me. 

Numerous issues here.1) You state you wrote off property improvements as expenses. 

Multi family attracts me because of the potential it offers to increase one's cashflow and net-worth tremendously in a relatively short amount of time compared to traditional means - at least this is impression I'm getting from numerous media/social media sources.

I text him numerous times to pick up his remaining stuff but he doesn’t pick it up and I miss the bulk pick up that month.