Has the legal owners been informed of your method of liquidation, are you prepared to settle if you can't assign, what will you do if  the owners decide not to come to settlement, how will you respond to the assignee or sellers in the event of a default, have you considered specific performance suit by assignee or sellers in the event default, have you made full disclosures? 

I'm having a hard time deciding.

While this may not seem important if you are buying with cash, it is likely to have a large impact to you when you decide to sell in the future.

If congress decides to kibosh that deduction then what is our motivation be in real estate.

After some reviews I decided to go with them.  

Now if this would be a second home it is a different decision you have to decide if you have carrying costs whether it is worth it and subtract those off your projected profits.

I can read or listen to any of these things on my own schedule and for free (unless I decide to buy a book). 

It may not be worth the hassles of structuring a 1031 if there is not a lot of gain to shelter.If you decide to keep it and try to purchase another property you will likely have to do some explaining to your lender as to why you are moving. 

If I decide to get mine I'll go to TN TREES.

I use the BP Rental calculator to decide if something is good or not, though as a free member, you can only use it 5x.  :-)