Any basic advice or tips on making the eviction process as stress free as realistically possible.

Begin your 'pre qualification' process for the acquisition now (most commercial lenders won't issue a PreQual but rather a LOI) In general, Commercial transactions can take longer due to extended due diligence, appraisal, environmental reports and financing (60+ days) so you'll want to initiate your search during the marketing of the down leg as it can cause a tighter timeline than a residential transaction. 

I'm located just north of Austin, and our mega builders are offering some incredible incentives right now to move inventory.

Another of my clients 2/1s that is on boarder of logan/Humboldt park used to go $1600 2 years ago and now went at $1900 with multiple applications probably could of put it in the $2000s will on next re-leasing.

Now, is it possible to go self-source your own real estate deals? 

Now times have changed.

Now that it is, I'm curious why there doesn't seem to be any pushback, revolt, or litigation challenging it.

Now for the advice: Your husband has to be on-board.

This achieves your goals of, both, accessing the equity and growth, and reduces your stress & workload. lolFeel free to connect with me.

After framing out the access to the room from the kitchen, I added some dry wall and voila - my 4/3 is now a 3/2 with a STR studio.