And, I am not going to go through the FCRA compliance procedures.

Also research rental demand, particularly from traveling professionals, students, and medical staff. 

Look to your lease too to see if it imposes greater procedural requirements on you to give the tenant notice to cure a curable violation. 

The property management side, realty medics, could use a tune up as well. 3 day notice not posted until the 17th after me hounding them.

And trying to set up my SOP (standard operation procedure) for me.

My thoughts: East Bay:- Close to a BART station to traveling medical worker/corporate person could hop on a bus/BART to work: El Cerrito, San Leandro, Hayward, Fremont, Walnut Creek, Pleasant Hill, Concord, Dublin, Pleasanton- Maybe Richmond, Antioch and Pittsburg but some parts have a lot of crime. - Going further out Brentwood and Oakley have appreciated quite a bit and have pretty good schools- Something with potential to add value: ADU attached to the main house or separately in the backyard in the future to get additional rent.

@Dave Foster and @Bill Exeter I've researched endlessly on this topic, including reviewing IRS procedures and rulings, and speaking with 1031 intermediaries, and can never seem to come to a clear picture of how to handle my situation until I came across this page.

I really need help refining these ideas into something that is workable, and of course none of this is workable if we can't get a DSCR loan, which she's worried about.Between dealing with the symptoms of the stroke, trying to apply for workers comp and medical retirement, worrying about her sick time running out, and worrying about how she's going to replace her income she really can't deal with this, and I'm pretty stressed too.

In my opinion, you should only accept Section 8 rentals if you are doing it at scale in the same area and understand the tenancies and the procedures.

5321.16 Procedures for security deposits.