The situation dictates the reporting requirements.

as  new home builder I can tell you that in many markets existing props are far cheaper to buy than trying to build from the ground up and of course you have far less drag on the money. so your location where you want to invest will dictate.. 

Like much of what @Caroline Gerardo and @Andrew Postell said, your options are going to be dictated by loan terms (how title is held and by whom).So find a local lender in the market where you intend to buy and be open with the lender.  

I won't allow tenants to treat me that way and I certainly won't let them dictate when I can enter my property.

I think it's a rather challenging, but a very important step if you're going to buy out of state, because most of your returns will be dictated by the macro-economic conditions of the market you're buying in.

So a lot of the debate here is what amounts of money you are investing with dictates to an extent the type of assets you can own and the areas you can own them in.Now you might could pull funds together with others and then buy something larger and a higher quality property and area that you might not be able to afford on your own etc.

There are many factors that can dictate as to why a seller accepts a contract.

But there's no reason to let that hinder or dictate timing of your 1031.A partial exchange may be appropriate - This is where you purchase less than what you sell or take cash out of the sale.  

Then the income of the property will help dictate the value. 

The area dictates all though, so the expert to consult would be your realtor or you could look at a few new-builds to see what they're up to in your area.