I bought another apartment (in another state, because why to make things easy if we can do them complicated) and this one brought me 10k in one year just because of the price of the apartments at market went up, so lost here, won there.

It is still frustrating as it was most likely an AirBnB guest that brought them in, but in the end we are solely responsible.2) We allow dogs as we bring our dogs to the house. 

Also could we build one of the houses for ourselves as a personal residence as long as the percent of the value of the residence property to the total property is less than the percent of the money brought in by the 1031 to the total property value?

I have worked on a flip with another investor with a deal they brought to the table.

This is very unfortunate since now you have to live with their parents having brought them up very poorly.

@Mindy Jensen mentioned that her friend brought the house at the bottom of the market hinting that the purchase price is low and there is a lot of appreciation.Her friend will pay tax on depreciation recapture on year of sale.

Out of curiosity, when you find bed bugs or roaches, since they're both likely brought in by that tenant, do you remove the tenant or treat and see if it returns first? 

Also, one thing I forgot to address what was @Eric Long brought up in regards to the taxes $558 per month ($6700/yr) in taxes for a 2-family sounds very high.

Since it is a 40 year old building with obvious leaks and damage we brought in HVAC, roofing, plumbing and electrical experts for an additional walk thru.

I'm surprised no one has brought this one up yet.