We did it numerous times. 

Like most have said the schooling just teaches you how to stay out of jail.

Stay with it.

It's a great place to start.Best to you and stay encouraged!

@Terre Oswald in your search you don't have to stay in your backyard.  1031 is a federal statute that all 50 states recognize at the federal level. 

But if you're just starting out and you don't have that, my recommendation would be to stay local.You will find it difficult to find a single family home in Rhode Island within the 80-120k range, unless you are willing to live in a very tough area and/or buy a house that needs a lot of work.

My wife is a nurse at UMC. 3 different coworkers have moved to Florida and back after staying less than 2 years.

So I hired a contractor to come clean the 40' long 10" diamater tree branch off the roof and numerous other branches leaning collapsed fences, I hired another contractor to come fix the roof leak. 

There are a few mentoring programs that have various different levels that are not more than $10K and BP has numerous threads about the value of different mentoring programs.If you're not going to invest in a mentoring program and still want to seek a mentor, then bring something of value to those individuals. 

I had a tenant that was moving out due to family illnesses, but a sudden change in things in life and they asked to stay another year.