If  you chose to sell, there are a couple things you could do to proactively make the 1031 process much easier. 

It’s a great way to meet people who are actually doing deals and can share what’s working for them.Also, build a solid team.

People are looking to live smaller or some are being forced to live smaller, hence the insane growth in apartments and storages.

Depending on the type of commercial you want to get into my suggestion is to go work for a company that does commercial real estate as learning from people who do it and getting paid at the same time is not a bad strategy 

Another thing to add is the regulations, HOAs and Cities are imposing a lot of regulation on short-term rentals or rent by a room, I have seen some HOAs regulate the amount of people authorized to rent the property too.It requires to do a lot of due dilligence to begin with mainly in such big house. 

Great insurance agent, great realtor, great lender, great attorney, great title people great trades and others.A great realtor can save you time, money, frustrations, headaches, and keep you out of a lot of trouble. 

I know people who do this and I do not believe there are issues with it, but speak to an attorney and they should probably notify the company if they are an employee of that company that they are doing this.

Many people miss out on things like this because they simply are not aware of these options.

This is a great place to learn and to connect with people so take advantage of all the great resources.

They probably actually have less debt than most other people, so it is easier for them to make rent payments.The vast majority of bankruptcies are medically related.They have been "through the system" and they don't want to go through that again.