If your looking for someone who regularly develops "good deals" to reassign/ sell to you in the St Cloud area that's an easy one, there isn't any. 

Therefore, this really is something you should be discussing with your CPA.The problem seems less about the nature of the first property's sale income, but rather that the second property was not purchased by a QOF.We can't do backward tax planning in this area.The QOF needs to be established before the second property is purchased, and there are several hoops you need to jump through. 

As a property manager I am (naturally) somewhat biased towards keeping a property and renting but agree wholeheartedly above.

Not every American can or wants to own a regular home.

also do automatic transfers to that account with each paycheque.For insurance, regular rental insurance through the same company that has my home insurance. 

It is just like a regular home. 

I think planning the exact days and times you'll regularly post is a good thing to do.

Opportunity zone investments provide more tax benefits to investors than anything else because the benefit of the investment lies in investing capital gains into these zones and not just regular capital.

They work with R.E. lawyers regularly and can tell you which ones do a lot of business which usually equates to more experience with R.E. transactions. 

Is there anyone out there who has actually done this or who regularly does this?