I'm a little surprised no one else has mentioned this yet, but if your agent is in compliance with the new rules, they would have had you sign a buyer-broker agreement before showing the house, and I pray before starting negotiations for you.

In your case, you mentioned your PMC tried to collect the final rent payment.

Cleve, does not care , but its still a terrible idea for the reasons I mentioned, 

I've seen a lot of replies mentioning investing in cheaper areas, particularly the midwest.

Don't rush to invest that money into real estate because your post makes it clear you are looking for something easy that will make money while you travel and nothing that you mentioned is that.

That's not an option with lending.You mentioned the 'sneaky' rental BP strategy. 

As you mentioned, your appreciation is based on the 700k figure but you are also getting debt pay down as well.

As mentioned, above they will need to review the plans and possibly complete their own drawings before stamping.   

However, as others have mentioned, it’s not common for tax professionals to review just one form, like the 8824, without seeing your entire tax situation.1031 exchanges can get complicated, and reviewing only part of the process might lead to errors or missed details.

Congratulations,These costs look reasonable, but as you mentioned a double origination fee that they'll remove, so all good.