I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but if the property has already been sold and you have received the funds yourself, you are no longer eligible for a 1031 exchange.How long ago did you live in the property?

That's just bad news bears...3) Why on earth would they need someone especially the old property owner as  a go between amongst PM and new owner? 

Also, @Darren Sager runs a monthly BP meetup in NY that might be of interest to you where a lot of like minded investors get together and there's a speaker from the podcasts.

I don’t like 1 year lease, and prefer month-to-month lease because I can kick out bad apples tenants anytime.

The government assistance part is good on the payment, but bad in that they have no skin in the game.

Angad Bhullar in San Antonio you’re either going to be in a really bad area of town or buying a house that needs a lot of rehab.

I’d do cash for keys in this case :Tell them that you are supposed to give them 60 day notice ..and if they don’t destroy the building and agree to vacate before lease is up ..you’ll give them their full deposit back plus additional 100 bucks ( or whatever you’d want to add to entice them ) if they are making things really bad for your good tenant then the good tenant probably won’t be there much longer either if you don’t do something

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Unless they're made of really bad material.As for the PM, they have no excuse for not inspecting and I'm surprised they even tried to pass of such lame excuses.

This is a sign of a bad tenant. start preparing that you may not want to renew their lease.