I am primarily interested in single family and multi-family homes in Colorado and am open to other places as well.

If you don't want the property any more a 1031 is probably your best bet, unless it's got a huge capital gains capture in which case you could just take your tax lumps and collect your funds. 

I would only sign something like that for specific properties unless you know you're getting good volume from a single agent.

I own some large houses and I certainly don’t include photos of every single bedroom or every room.

Pros of RE:- leverage (can house hack and put 3.5% down FHA, 5% or 10% down conventional loan if you live in one of the units, 2 to 4 unit or buy single family, live in it and rent out each room and buy a $500,000 or $1 million asset).

Based on a single interaction doesn't always tell you if it is good.

It seemed like a safe bet.

It's not just for large portfolios; even a single property can justify the use of an LLC, especially if you want to shield personal liability in the event of legal issues. 

But as of today, I am strongly considering converting it into a single-family rental because based on some Zillow comps I’ve seen I could get upwards of $8000.00 per month which is more than double my mortgage, taxes and operating expenses.

., "I will buy at least one single-family home, duplex, triplex, or fourplex before the end of 2019") and then do it.