I would love to put my mom into a nicer home in a nicer area would a 1031 exchange make that possible?

Start a reverse 1031 exchange. 

Their solution was for me to take over ownership of not one but five homes from Jeff's portfolio, all of which I had sold him and subsequently leased.Despite my being patently unfinanceable, the bank president placed a bet on me because I knew the homes, I knew the tenants, I knew what I was doing, and I was rabidly hungry.

For example, a property in San Diego may lose $500 per month ($6,000 per year) but gain $60,000 per year in value, making it worthwhile to "lose" money each month in exchange for long-term gains.I recommend you start with BiggerPockets Ultimate Beginners Guide (free).

Reverse exchanges tend to be much more expensive than traditional 1031 exchange. 

If you kept the property, and accumulated the CF/yr, it would take you 25 years to get that same equity that's sitting, frozen in your property.Also, if you cashed out and used that same equity as a DP on different RE, at 20% DP, that equity would buy you $2M in PV, not just $700k,...and, I'd be willing to bet, you could find new RE that would have a yearly CF well over $20k/year.On top of that (remembering my initial statement above), any appreciation applied would be applied to $2M, not just $700k. 

@Landen Amann, you're referring to a 1031 exchange. 

Quote from @Fulati Paerhati: I am selling one property and planning to do a 1031 exchange.

You'll love how the 1031 exchange can work with your model. 

@Sung Yu another modality of 1031 is a reverse 1031 exchange.