This includes things like cutting down the grass and installing a drain in the basement.

The first tenet of the 1031 exchange is that you cannot DIY a 1031 exchange.

Depending on how to structure, you take title on the house at the closing or you take the title when you paid in full at the end of installment sales.  

We install brand new furnaces for only $1700 HW tanks about 1k, We buy in bulk, Good luck 

Landscaping ranges cheap, DIY to expensive. 

So, again, called in a favor from a friend to grab a couple cabinet doors from the store 2 hours away, while he was up on business trip anyways, so we could get them on site before installer was "done" and onto another job.Ultimately, as Alan notes, you just have to accept this, and figure it out on the fly.  

Suggest treating the areas and possibly installing sister boards to firm up the beams.

If at all possible, never install mini-split, install duct work.Measure, Measure, Measure.

Or as my wife likes to call it: "man-sitting"Contractors unwilling to execute on what you hired them for (I.e. current flip, cabinet installers were supposed to put up fill and crown.  

If the refund was an additional $1,000, you may have to question if it was worth it.If you did a DIY Cost seg, you likely paid around $600If you went the other route, you likely paid $2,500+The cost to the accountant to prepare the amended return was likely $500+