As you mentioned those specific details about MTRs geared toward traveling healthcare professionals, these are things I think would help us tremendously as landlords because we play both roles.

What I can share is that the risk-reward will not be worth it as a 'newbie' due to your limited capital and inability to actively manage your properties. 

Investors should therefore exercise significant care when choosing their Qualified Intermediary because of the critical role the company will play in the administration of their 1031 Exchange transaction.It is extremely important to note that 1031 Exchange Qualified Intermediaries are generally not required to be licensed, regulated, audited or otherwise monitored by any regulatory body.

Sorry for the late response, I am not very active on BP.All you need is an CPA/Attorney to manage your LLC, I went through this route of registering a wyoming LLC and paying high price until I found a local attorney who does all the that with the same protection by naming the organizer and registered agent with the attorney details in your articles of organization, at the same time you will need more specific details in your operating agreement pertaining to your local state laws or you can as well use wyoming agent. 

@Victor Tofilski Zillow only shows 3 active rental in Pickney right now, so not a lot of competition.Given that, wouldn't worry about your pics and such - but, the advice given by others you should implement going forward.As others have also said, Nov-Feb is worse 4 months of the year to have a vacancy.- LESSON: don't allow leases to end during these months!

Real estate investing is a team sport and at different points in the game different players will play more important roles.

Some things you may want to consider is how active you are looking to be in your investing.

It's great to hear from someone active in the Rochester market.

A syndicator cannot have as sole role raising money.  

Instead of throwing your deal out to a bunch of strangers on the internet, I recommend you do your research to find a local expert with 20+ ACTIVE years in real estate in your market.