Do a house hack, see how a transaction functions and progresses and what to expect before gun slinging offers.

My understanding of the 1031 exchange is that is serves two functions for investors in the end. 1) It allows you to pass on your investments to your children without them having to pay the gains tax. 2) It can allow you to move into your dream home if you do it in the way you described above but then if you ever move or sell the gains kick in , so you better really like that dream home and hope nothing ever happens that would force you to have to sell or move. 

Just another thing to clean if it's not functional. 

Then perhaps structure this as a loan.Basically, when somebody is doing a "traditional job function" its many times better to just be paid for that job.

By that, I mean that first of all, you must provide clean, safe, and functional rentals.

Having a kitchenette does not make it two units, and it is not illegal to create counter space  upstairs.it will not be a second unit,because he will not have a fully functional kitchen,no cooking capability,lease will not say it is a unit B, and renting part of your home with cabinets is not illegal. 

You can reach out to the CPAs on BiggerPockets through the search function and determine who offers the services and pricing structure you're looking for.

Aloha,In most/many locales, if the landlord provides a properly functioning appliance at move in, the landlord must maintain it or replace with comparable.

So, now I just take that amenity into consideration when I assess a general quality classification to a property, but I typically don't adjust separately for a PV system.As a Broker, I have never had any Buyers say "find me a house with solar panels, I'm willing to pay more!."

I have access to all of the backend information in our area as an agent, so the widespread application  of prop stream was not super important I like deal machine specifically because of it’s driving for dollars function where you can have a map pulled up click on a parcel and send a postcard and include a picture of the property.