You should only consider switching when your current software has a significant flaw or lacks features that force you to spend excessive time on workarounds.

You can take advantage of bonus depreciation and accelerated depreciation deductions to offset your passive income.With the 1031, you might have excess basis which is eligible for bonus depreciation. 

We get about $900 in excess.

Any excess amounts in the master are then assets or liabilities or capital of the master which are noted on its books. 

You waive the excess.

When a tenant moves out, transfer the deposit back to Checking so it's ready to apply towards expenses or refund the Tenant.If you end up with excess funds in the Checking account, I recommend you transfer it to a third account designated explicitly for future investments.

Just make sure you set enough aside for capex, vacancies, unexpected insurance increase, taxes, tax professionals, and local considerations (excessive heat? 

My pleasure, I would have loved to help more, but I have been working really hard to get more of our bigger national banks on board with rural properties but the appetite is just not there for some reason. 

FYI, over the years, we've also learned to save a lot of money wasted on excessive management labor costs (we call them "stupid trips") by planning the occasional weekend to drive down, inspect our units and address any labor-cost intensive items that we can do over a 3-day weekend. 

Our lease calls for no nuisances such as excessive noise.