Landscaping ranges cheap, DIY to expensive. 

If the refund was an additional $1,000, you may have to question if it was worth it.If you did a DIY Cost seg, you likely paid around $600If you went the other route, you likely paid $2,500+The cost to the accountant to prepare the amended return was likely $500+

The first tenet of the 1031 exchange is that you cannot DIY a 1031 exchange. 

Brown RentRedi tries to enhance the DIY management options.It is NOT a replacement for a PMC.Recommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

I also signed up on all the mayor DIY Forums, and posted pictures to get advice.

Here is a CSS Decision Diagram flowchart intended to bring together all the various questions when assessing the benefits of a Cost Segregation Study (via a professional or DIY).

DIY should be left to cosmetic things like flooring, not plumbing and electric.

Currently performing DIY Rehab within house hack to get the other unit rent ready while learning the ins and outs to start implementing "who not how" for my next Investment!

Currently performing DIY Rehab within house hack to get the other unit rent ready while learning all I can to perform the "who not how" during my next investment!

I'd recommend hire someone to do the first one, then DIY after that.