The 1031 must be a sale of investment property followed by the purchase of investment property. 

PS - Since 2003, Dean & DeWitt Property Management has helped investors buy, sell, and manage investment properties in the St.

A PMC is the ONLY one that will deal daily with your property.Here's some copy & paste advice on hwo to screen PMCs: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.

One of the criteria is that the filer has paid the property tax on the property for the given time.

The 10 acres are about 90% planted pine (the previous owner planted it).

I would agree it is hard to find beautiful properties that cashflow.  

There is a house (2b x 1b) in the family I was interested in becoming the owner of.

@Travis Boyd, 19 of my MTRs are in multifamily properties.

Many DSCR programs require an investor to have a mortgage history- there are some DSCR mortgage programs that will work with investors who are renting- some refer to them as first time home buyers (FTHBs)- DSCR loans are only for investment properties where the owner isn't living there.

The guy inside was named Alex; he wasn't the owner, but the contractor.