Check with a tax professional, but if you have lived in the home for 2 of the previous 5 years, you may not owe any capital gains tax, and so a 1031 is irrelevant.If you didn't you may want to wait.If you do go ahead, read about 'mortgage boot'.

I don’t have a dog in this fight but I kind of want a downvote button now

Check zip codes 77021 and 77051 (Sunnyside area).

I'm also looking for some future investment properties so I'm always keeping my eyes open.As I said, I am new to the area, so check out with a Realtor (one of the guys here on BP of course :-).....I see a lot of opportunities just West of Surprise.

As an investor, the numbers seem to be the easiest way for me to check if things are going well although I understand the bigger picture is more complex than that. 

Another way to do it, is to hire a good consultant to make sure you are not missing something and checks all the boxes. 

She mentioned at 38:38 timemark in the video.she mentioned that one of the units had a year commitment with a payment of $44k (I guess it is company paying for one of their employee tenants)How realistic is to make $80k / mo profit with this kind of capital?

I would double check this advice.

A monkey with a job and some money in the bank can fall out of a tree one day and decide to be in RE and write a check.

I know its been quite a while but did you ever check out Residential Capital Partners for your project?