I am looking for buy and hold type income properties, and have created a relatively simple analyzer to screen potential options.

I am young and extremely new to this game so any responses related to becoming a landlord will be helpful!!

Will they be residents, are they relatives, etc.

I got into these because competition is less, price is less, and it has its quirks that are relatively easy to understand once you've had some basic education and understanding of the process.

Complete exchange all is well.The problem with all forms of reverse exchanges is that the relatively complex structure causes them to be relatively expensive compared to a regular exchange.

Otherwise, I'm always open to adding more colleagues and chatting here on BP, even if it's not RE related, connections are connections!

if the building was built as 2 separate units, then the process should not be all that complicated... but that is all relative. 

Desire 2: I envision growing fruits trees and vegetation in the properties I own in the future (does anyone know if there is a health code violation?

I am still relatively new at this so I can relate to many of the feelings I am sure you are going through at the moment.  

For instance, one of my relatives owned a home next to the one I gave as an example.