As is, it looks like the duplex would lose about 10k a year while the fourplex profit about 1k per year...that said Jersey City heights (duplex) is not rent controlled and would appreciate more than downtown Union City.

You are going to have to lose a little more money no matter how this situation turns out.

In other words, there are certain parameters you have to be within when identifying replacements, so if a deal goes south for some reason, after filing the papers that identified that property, you might lose the opportunity to take a 1031 at all.

You're the fish.They often use a mix of fear, threat and urgency to push a target to act.It can be as simple as a 24 hours sale from your favorite shop that requires you to log in to your account first or your boss asking you to wire money right now or he/she/they will lose an important contract that will cost millions.So cybersecurity is important because without that, you might have an incident that can cost a lot of money, impact your reputation and might affect your credit score.

I break even, but i actually lose money on management fees. if I managed it myself I wouldn't be losing money., Lessons learned?

Because I’m unable to obtain an insured title for two years, I did not plan to invest in this property until then for risk of losing my investment.

You need to know how to enter the deal and how to exit so you can cover your areas and protect yourself from losing money. 

@David Martoyan, the deal you feel you "need" to do is the deal you will likely lose money on.  

You can win (or lose) either way. 

Ohio is a lengthy foreclosure state and many fees not recoverable0% interest and they don’t pay then you are losing money every month as they have no incentive to payLastly having it at 0% and over priced from its value means if they don’t get a tenant then they just walk away as property is so upside down.If it was me as a seller these are awful terms as a seller.