Depending on your budget and threshold for risk, I could certainly suggest some growth areas for you.

Here are the simple steps I took for my first lease as landlord:1.

A standard residential lease, fine, but I wouldn't suggest it for almost any commercial lease, and definitely not for this type.

My question is this: would it be a good idea to create a simple document showing the year and rent increase and go over it with the tenant? 

My wife and I are realtors and I consider that a pretty simple career to fuel my investments that also gives me a sense of time freedom so we can spend as much time with our kids.  

I suggest that you do what I did back then: call every title company in the state and ask if they'll handle this kind of sale.

If you want to do a 1031 exchange you want have as much time as you can get before “closing” to start finding your replacement property, and hopefully have it under contract.You’ll a Qualified Intermediary like @Dave Foster to handle the 1031 part, he can chime in with suggestions.

It's as simple as: Open.

Aside from Facebook groups, local meetups and cash buyer lists on Propstream, does anyone have any suggestions on finding new investors to add to my cash buyer lists?

He has suggested that to defer taxes I first transfer $150k from my current Roth IRA account into a new Self-Directed Roth IRA custodial account that I will open.