Having said that, I've only attended the AAPL's conferences, which are pretty much what you'd expect: presentations focused on the state of the market, education for lenders, and new best practices (with some tech thrown in).

@Diana Tran you request proof of all repairs done by licensed contractors for everything and your agent should be able to review as it goes if you are out of state.

In fact, FL does not even have state income tax.

In addition, I am unconvinced that $30k has a chance to get this property into a rentable state.  

@Michelle A Shriver no matter what PMCs state here, several owners will slam them as it's too much!

I just got a response from them stating that our request was denied because we will not be living in the property for at least a year.

WA State law (RCW 59.18.257) requires that landlords provide prospective tenants with written, qualifying criteria prior to obtaining any information about a prospective tenant, including what types of information will be accessed to conduct the tenant screening and what criteria may result in denial of the application.This does not need to be in an Ad (Vasudev Kirs ), but does need to be stated when someone applies, before filling out the information. 

I recently contacted them about doing another simple 1 to 1 exchange and the fee is about $1,000.Now I see there are companies like this one that states a flat fee of $495 for 1 to 1 exchanges: http://e1031xchange.com/I know what the process is, and I know what to look out for.

I would suggest if you are going to go out of state look at the midwest or southern states.

People are leaving your state quickly.